In the Beginning

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1 So why not start by blogging about the heavens and earth.

Heaven is a place I want to be but not just yet. Today I'm thinking of my dear friend, Warren, who just happens to reside there. One year ago next week he will have been singing in the "Praise Band in the Sky" for one year. He was funny guy! Imagine Mr. Clean only not as buff, add a little Chris Tomlin and you got Warren.

One of my favorite "Warren moments" as we've become accustomed to calling them was the choir. I LOVE to sing! Did I mention I LOVE to sing! I sing all day long, in the car, at home, at work and especially at concerts. But singing is certainly not one of my talents. Every year we have announcements asking anyone interested to join the choir to come to their practice on such and such night. I come to practice sit down and Warren proceeds to order me out the the sanctuary. You see he knew that I make a joyful noise in God's ear, just not anyone else's.

The Earth. What more can you say? It's either your friend or foe and lately it's been my foe. Every year we plant a garden, let it grow, harvest it and enjoy it. I guess I should clarify some things. HogFarmer tills and plants the garden. The boys' and I do the rest. So to be honest sometimes it's way too much work to get to the enjoying part. But every year here I am doing it again.

I by no means am I an expert at gardening, I wouldn't even say I was an amateur, but I try. What that's saying is? If you don't succeed try, try, try, try, try, try again. This will be my 12th try at gardening. I can grow a mean tomato plant. But how difficult is it to buy, plant, watch it. I would probably say it is my specialty. Over the years we have tried to grow: green beans, carrots, watermelon, peas, cauliflower, broccoli, onions, pumpkins, cantaloupe, radishes, cucumbers and peppers. Obviously this is where the earth part comes in. I had no idea the difference in dirt. Excuse me SOIL. I have been corrected by FFA Kid that "dirt is in a bucket and soil is what you plant in". Thank heavens I now know the difference between dirt and soil. I have been wrong for 35 years and no one bothered to tell me. So everyone out there has been given the correct terminology and won't make the same mistake I did. I was under the assumption that you plant it and it grows. The key word here is assumption. Wrong! Certain items grow better in certain soils. Who knew? I will be posting pictures of the garden in the next couple days. And maybe we can figure out together how to make a garden a little easier for you and this city girl at heart to grow.

Danielle