Funny Gardening Stories

You might not think it, but gardening can be an exciting adventure. No, it's true. Really, it is. I can tell you the funniest stories about things that have happened to me in my garden. From creatures big to small, something funny happens every year!

I love the taste of fresh food picked straight from the garden. And so do the creatures in my garden. Sometimes I think all my effort is only for them. I remember once when my little apple tree finally grew an apple. "Tomorrow," I thought to myself. "Tomorrow I will pick the first and only apple that has grown on my apple tree and then I will eat it." Only I never got to pick my apple. A squirrel got to it first. Which I might not have minded so much, except that he only took two or three bites, decided he didn't like the apple and threw it away. I was almost tempted to eat the apple anyways, but I wasn't quite sure if that would be a good idea.

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Another time, when I was a little girl, my dad had this pretty little crab apple tree. One autumn, the tree was full of crab apples and my dad promised that we would pick the crab apples when they were ready in a couple of days. The next day I went out to the garden to look at this wonderful crab apple tree. Much to my dismay, one of the branches had been broken off and all the crab apples on the branch were gone! During the night a bear had come along and eaten all of the crab apples. No crab apple jelly for me. But at least the bear didn't go hungry!

Funny Gardening Stories

Years ago, there was this beaver that would come up from the stream and onto our yard, just to eat the dandelions growing in the grass. He didn't want to move no matter what we were doing or how close we came to him. I have several pictures of the beaver eating the dandelions. He never even seemed to notice that I was standing right next to him in order to get a picture close up. Another time I was cutting the grass with a riding lawn mower and he didn't move at all, even when I came close to him. I finally had to leave that patch of lawn and cut it the next day. I sure do miss that beaver!

Funny Gardening Stories

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Peach Tattoo Design

If you're like me, you love a juicy, ripe peach that's just waiting to be devoured. Why not express that strong sentiment with a peach tattoo design? It's fairly uncommon to see this fruit depicted in body art, so you'll be assured of an ink piece that you won't see on every body at the beach. Indeed, the peach has been popular as a symbol for a long time, and it's not likely to lose its significance anytime soon. The peach tree is the second most widely grown tree in the world after the apple tree, so there's certainly a favorable ratio at work here: people everywhere know about peaches, but no one seems to have yet jumped on the bandwagon with a tattoo. Why don't you start the revolution with a great peach tattoo design? 

Peaches gentle red and orange hues make them particularly attractive-you'll love the way the colors play against your skin. A well-done design will contrast just the right way, and the tattoos will almost melt into the background. Of course, you could go the other way, and make it as prominent as you want. These are issues that you should discuss with your tattoo artist; he or she will certainly point you on the right track.

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Peaches are most strongly associated with the state of Georgia. Indeed, Georgia's nickname is actually "the Peach State"! If you're familiar with the Allman Brothers, one of the best bands from the 1970s, you'll know that they graced almost all of their artwork covers with peaches. There's something about these fresh, succulent fruits that no one can resist. Peaches grow best in the sultry sweat of summer heat, so they're automatically associated with great times in the hot sun. That means your tattoo is sure to be a hit at the beach. You could even turn into the peach guy or girl, if you keep a steady supply on hand.

Peach Tattoo Design

Do you love nectarines? You might be a devout fan of their great taste, but you probably didn't realize that they were actually peaches! While it's a common misconception that nectarines are a cross-breeded species between plums and peaches, they're actually just a fuzz-less variety of the latter.

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A great peach tattoo design [http://www.squidoo.com/peach-tattoo-design] is just a short stone's throw away at the local tattoo parlor. Head on over, sit down, and have a look through the books available to decide which peach tattoo design calls out to you. It's likely that one will jump straight off the pages. Within hours, you'll have a ripe peach residing right on your body. Just beware: people have been known to mistake it for the real thing, resulting in painful bites!

How Did Red and Green Become the Colors of Christmas?

The main colors of Christmas are red and green. Did you ever wonder why this is? The association of red and green with Christmas is worldwide. One can speculate and come up with lots of ideas about when and why these colors were first associated with Christmas.

Green comes from evergreens which have been used since ancient times to celebrate the winter solstice. In the early days of the Roman Catholic Church when the pagan rituals of the winter solstice were merged into the celebration of Christ's birth evergreens continued to be used. In winter solstice celebrations evergreens symbolized life that survived through the long, dark winters. The Christians thought of green as symbolizing the hope for eternal life that Jesus offers.

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A commonly accepted explanation for the use of red and green is based on a historical fact. Back in the 1300's Adam and Eve's day was celebrated on Christmas Eve. Churches in those days presented a lot of plays because most people were illiterate. The plays were focused on religious stories of importance to the church and were called miracle plays. On Adam and Eve's day the play was called the paradise play and portrayed what happened in the garden of eden. There wasn't an apple tree available in the winter so they made one by tying apples to a pine tree and it served as the tree that bore the forbidden fruit. This pine tree with the red apples eventually became a tradition in all churches and was used in their Christmas celebrations every year.

How Did Red and Green Become the Colors of Christmas?

The tree became known as the Paradise Tree and soon people began erecting pine trees in their own homes during the holiday season decorated with red apples. This began the tradition of Christmas trees and the most popular explanation for the use of the colors of red and green for the holidays.

Another explanation is that green symbolizes the hope Jesus gave us through his sacrifice and is the color of evergreens which stay alive all year. Red is said to symbolize the blood of Christ in this explanation. The blood was shed by Jesus so that people could be saved and when combined with green it expresses the hope of our redemption through Christ sacrifice.

Holly is a popular Christmas decoration because it combines the color of green in its leaves with the red of its berries. Traditional Christmas wreaths have always been decorated with red bows and red berries. Santa Claus has always had a red costume and Rudolph the Reindeer has always had a red nose. These colors are here to stay and will always represent the holidays in most peoples minds.

How Did Red and Green Become the Colors of Christmas?

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Ideas For Sunday School - How to Get Your Students Excited About Learning

Children's church is the place for young people to join together and, under your wise guidance, learn about their religion. After conducting youth ministry for a significant period of time, it can become daunting coming up with new ideas for Sunday school. Here are some Bible activities that can help to spice up your lessons.

What is Goodness Sunday School Activity

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This Bible lesson for kids reinforces the idea that God gives us the power to live through Jesus every day. First, have your students sit in a semi-circle and place a whiteboard in front of the group. Explain that this lesson will focus on one of God's greatest characteristics: His goodness.

Ideas For Sunday School - How to Get Your Students Excited About Learning

Ask your students to come up with other words meaning the same thing as "goodness" or "good." Either have a volunteer write these words on the whiteboard, or write each word yourself. Some common words that may come up include: honorable, super, excellent, wonderful, fantastic, marvelous, etc.

After your class has come up with a good amount of words, share the dictionary definition of "goodness" with them:

1. Excellence
2. Benevolence: being good to others
3. Morally good: be good
4. That which is desirable

Ask your students which of the definitions best describe God (the answer is mainly #1 and #4). Now continue to bring up God's goodness throughout that day's Sunday school curriculum.

Garden of Eden Bible Lesson

This is a creative and simple Bible craft that will get your kids excited. First, tell your children the story of Adam and Eve, and then focus on creating a garden of Eden with this craft.

Hand out a piece of construction paper to each child, and provide each group of children with finger paints. Explain that it's the kids' chance to show what they think the garden of Eden looked like. Encourage them to draw trees (particularly an apple tree), a serpent, the sun, grass, flowers, clouds, etc. At the end of the Bible lesson, your kids will have a great picture to take home to the rest of their family!

These are just two Sunday school ideas that are sure to excite your class, getting them more interested in learning about the teachings of the Bible.

Ideas For Sunday School - How to Get Your Students Excited About Learning

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Lego Building Instruction Books

Lego Building Instruction Books are excellent educational tools developed by Lego. They also have a bevy of Lego Education Centers. They like to think that engineers, architects, scientists and designers have their genesis in these centers.

LEGO centers claim to provide a safe, inspirational atmosphere for young creative minds. They focus on and develop the following areas:

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o Concentration

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o Self-confidence

o Innovation

o Team-work

o Spatial intelligence

Perhaps a small historical journey is appropriate at this point. The LEGO Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen. He was the inventor of the LEGO bricks. Christiansen desired a total world-wide involvement by the group.

"Only the best is good enough" was his motto. The LEGO team says that 'today we still involve that spirit in every way we operate.'

With this as a backdrop, we are now faced with their recent announcement. Here is the headlines: "LEGO Says It's Running Out Of Toys For Christmas"

What a disappointing turn of events. To whom much is given-much is required. They have fallen a long way away from their stated motto, "Only the best is good enough" What does LEGO suggest we do with our Lego Building Instruction Books? We have no LEGO building blocks!

What would Mr. Christiansen say about this mess? They've been in business for almost 75 years. Did the coming of Christmas 2006 catch them unawares? How did they prepare for the other 73 Christmases? How could they run out of toys for Christmas?

Many of us were raised on LEGO toys. I had hours and hours of fun playing with my LEGO. So did my children and now my grandson. What does LEGO suggest we tell our children?

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