MY GARDENS, JULY 2012, "GARDEN OF EDEN"

Just thought I would update some pictures of our home and gardens. We didn't want the usual layout that people do, such as placing flower gardens around the border of the property. Sometimes you just have to go "out of the box". Hope you enjoy as much as we do.

Trivia: There are 15 Starbucks coffee shops in O'Hare International Airport. There are only 6 in all of South Dakota.

Did You Know?   The original Starbucks logo featured a mermaid with naked breasts. (almost makes you want to get addicted to caffeine)

THE MILKMAN AND THE BREADMAN HOME DELIVERY, MILKBOX

Remember when the milkman and the breadman would go door to door selling their wares. I do because I was a breadman. In 1964 when I was 12 years old I would help Bob Myles (and later John Hartwick, 2 terrific fellows) every Saturday on their bread route. I wore a "pouch" around my waist to collect money for whatever the customers would purchase.We would fill up our "basket"(2 feet by three feet with a handle) and carry it to the door of the home. Boy, that was heavy work for a kid back then but I was sure glad to get my $1.50 at the end of the day and maybe a "twofor" for myself and a choice of a nearly stale loaf that would be thrown out that day, for my family. We would then knock on the door and shout  "baker" to announce that we were there. I shouted "baker" so much in those years that it started to sound like "beggar". We sold breads of all sorts and sizes, dinner rolls, pastries, butter tarts,eccles bars, cinnamon rolls and what we called "twofors". They were little packets of 2 butter tarts, 2 cupcakes or 2 of any snack for 10 cents. Some people would put signs in their windows saying,TOASTMASTER the name of the bread company (which meant they wanted bread or something) or a sign saying NO BREAD, to save us stopping. A lot of times we would check the milkbox (remember those?) for a note as to what to leave and we would mark in the "book" how much they owed us when we came to collect at the end of the week . I learned math real quick. The milk man had his hands full also. He too used the milkbox for messages so he would know what to leave. The wooden,5 inch by 5 inch adjustable order plaque is what some customers would use. I snatched this out a rummage sale and it brought back GOOD memories. Enjoy

Trivia:  Storage unit? You can fit 600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms in a thimble.

Did You Know?  Hawaiians once used coconut husks as toilet paper. OUCH!!!

J.F.K. flicker ring,President John Fitzgerald Kennedy dime store or gumball machine flicker ring 1962

This is a flicker ring featuring a picture of John F. Kennedy and the American flag. Kids loved these in the early 1960's. I still do. He was the 35th president and the youngest at 43 to be elected into office. He is most commonly known by just his initials, JFK. I still remember the day(November 22nd ,1963) when he was assassinated by Lee Harvry Oswald. They let us out of school early so I knew this man must be important. Over the years I see him as a man that did not back down from other oppressive regimes or countries. He had balls. It would be nice to see other leaders in the free world take after him. That is my opinion and I'm stickin' to it.

Trivia:  Question: What do your coccyx(tail bone) and your appendix have in common.

            Answer:  Nobody knows what they're for.

Did You Know? A 54 year old man from Fort Worth, Texas, died on December 29, 2008, from complications of a gunshot wound he had sustained 35 years earlier.

MARX NUTTY MADS "THE THINKER" . 1963

Another silly creation from the 1960's. They are still cute and bring back fond memories of that time in my life.


Trivia: On average, men spend 45 seconds in a public restroom stall. Women typically spend 80.


Did You Know?   In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush a toilet or pee standing up after 10 p.m. ( I bet that's a crappy rule to enforce)

WEIRD-OHS CAR-ICKY-TURE OF BASKETBALLS "FRANCIS THE FOUL" THE WAY OUT DRIBBLER, 1960's

A terrific model from the 60's. These models were the rage back then.

Trivia:  A single tiger can eat six tons of meat a year......the equivalent of 60,000 hamburgers.


Did You Know:   Several security screeners at Denver International Airport were reprimanded after they sent themselves through the X-ray machine "to see what their brains looked like." (I think it was an empty space)

1960's WEIRD-OHS "SLING RAVE CURVETTE," THE WAY OUT SPECTATOR

                                               ODE TO CURVETTE

Curvette, Curvette-tall, slim, young,
   Oh Curvette, you are a pearl
And there are others just like you
   All caught up in the dragstrip whirl

You are there to help your man
   To cheer, to yell, to scream, to sigh
And when his car finishes last
   We often see you cry

Your's is a waiting game
   Complete with sacrifices and all
Because he worked on his car
   You missed the high school ball

But there are compensations
   To the game you wish to play
Like when he's top eliminator
   You are Queen that day

Sometimes you even make the magazines
   Oh yes, we see you next to the car
And with those stretch pants, funny eyes,
   high hair----yes, you'll go far

But as we watch we wonder
   To whom are you really true?
Is it to him, dear Curvette

   Or is it to only you????

Trivia: In the 1800's people segregated their books by the sex of the author.

Did You Know? Rabbits can see forward and backward at the same time. ( They probably use bunny-noculars)

HAWKS " LEAKY BOAT LOUIE " WEIRD-OHS 1960's MODEL

Another strange but cute model from the 1960's. This was a phenominal decade to live through and watch the changes in our world. Things were a bit simpler as this model implies. Enjoy "Leaky Boat Louie" as he races around in his drunkin stupor.

Trivias: One of every three insects in the world is a beetle. "Let it be. Let it be."

Did You Know? Why do we say people have "skeletons in their closets" if they hide their past? The expression comes from a fairy tale about Bluebeard the pirate, who, legend has it, he murdered all his many wives. When he gave his new wife the keys to the house, he forbade her to open a specific closet at the end of a long hall-which, of course, she did the moment he left on business. When she unlocked the door and looked inside, she was horrified to find all the skeletons of Bluebeard's previous wives.