Interesting Stuff

I've finally got the gardening bug. Our eggplants and tomatoes are plentiful. My new herb bed (thanks Karl) is partially planted and the front yard looks beautiful. Strangest thing though. We have cattails growing like crazy amongst the daylilies.....right smack in the middle of the front yard. I read some interesting things about the cattail and the daylily.

Culinary use for Daylilies
Dried golden needles
The flowers of some species are edible and are used in Chinese cuisine. They are sold (fresh or dried) in Asian markets as gum jum or golden needles (金针 in Chinese; pinyin: jīnzhēn) or yellow flower vegetables (黃花菜 in Chinese; pinyin: huánghuācài). They are used in hot and sour soup, daylily soup (金針花湯), Buddha's delight, and moo shu pork. The young green leaves and the tubers of some (but not all[citation needed]) species are also edible. The plant has also been used for medicinal purposes. Care must be used as some species of lilies can be poisonous.
Check out these websites for both:

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/common_cattail.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typha

Speaking of Chinese cuisine....Today I had acupuncture on the foot I injured while hiking. Acupuncture. Wow it hurt! Wow it works! Amazing. http://www.yisheng.us/

Just some interesting stuff today.

Just another day in Florida

"If you want to know how much I love you, count the waves."

A Friend Indeed......

"Pooh, promise you won't forget about me, ever. Not even when I'm a hundred." Pooh thought for a little. "How old shall I be then?" "Ninety-nine." Pooh nodded. "I promise," he said.

You Say Tomato I Say Tomahto

Lisa and I were hiking this morning. We were hiking our usual path around Lake Overstreet in Maclay Gardens. She said, "I read your blog.I thought of you when I was driving to Bristol yesterday (she has a lake house). I passed a street sign and the name of the street was Crazy Lady Lane." Hello people...what's the story here.

Does saying "Don't forget to write your blog" mean the same thing has "What did you do today"? Hmmmm.

The Beginning & Today

I know what you may be thinking. This looks like and feels like those three page Christmas letters we all get and wish we didn't. Stick with me. This one is a bit lengthy but then the best is yet to come.

I retired from 37 years and 2 weeks of teaching 1 1/2 years ago. During those years I don't recall anyone asking me at the end of my day what I did during the day. That seems to be the thing to do now. When Karl gets home from work the first thing he now says to me is, "Hey, what did you do today?"

So now Karl and who ever else is interested is going to know what a retired teacher manages to do all day long.

Oh, and the Crazy Lady Thoughts name came from my darling niece, Garrett. I was offended with the "crazy" part the day she told me her idea. Until she came to pick me up to go to Joann Fabric. We stopped at Fuzion Yogurt because I was having the urge. She stayed in her white SUV to get some iPhone work accomplished. I came out with my yogurt already indulging then climbed into the white SUV and a gentleman said, "Well, hello there." Guess Garrett was right.

It's not a weekday so nobody has asked me what I did all day. I'm going to tell you anyway. Karl and I went fishing. Well, he fished and I slept, under the Bimini, on my lounge chair. Heaven.