It's finally beginning to
look like spring. It's very dry so I put the sprinkler on the
tropical grass today. Some of the early spring flowers are growing
fast, and they will be blooming soon. I had to hammer some nails in
the fence today because the wind has blown fiercely for several days.
I cam still drive a 10 penny nail, and saw a 10 inch limb by hand.
Thank God for my strength. I cut some more asparagus today, and will
have a big mess in a few days. The late freeze set it back a lot. I
am now eating Bierox and peach pie out of my freezer. I put a lot of
both in to have to eat when I'm too busy to cook or go out. I also
froze several bags of Swiss steak. I can throw a potato in the micro
and have a nice meal quickly.
I have to think about my
mother, and grandmother who had to start a fire in the wood cook
stove or pour kerosene in the tank of the burner stove, before they
could cook a meal. They had no freezer nor even a fridge. Yet they
made great meals three times a day. I miss them so much. Before I was
grown my mother had been blessed with a butane cook stove, and a
refrigerator after electricity was wired to our farm. While I was
growing up my mother always had a gasoline washing machine, and a
treadle, singer, sewing machine. I used them both most of my
growing-up life. A friend and I, went through the Museum of the
Plains here in Perryton last week. We saw all these old things I am
speaking of, and enjoyed it so much.
My parents, and grand
parents, always had beautiful flowers, and a bountiful garden. They
were able to irrigate from a large stock tank that stayed full of
water from a wind mill. Every summer my family canned several hundred
jars of vegetables and fruit. A cellar full of potatoes, and a
smokehouse full of cured pork was always ready for cooking. Milk, and
eggs were supplied daily the year round. There were no televisions
nor almost no radios, because for so long we didn't have electricity.
We did have a battery radio, but a lot of times we didn't have enough
wind for the battery to stay charged. Somehow the folks did keep
informed on the world affairs. We children didn't see many planes
over head, but when we did see one we wondered if it was going to
drop a bomb. I dare to wonder what another 75 years will bring
America. If I am still alive to find out I will be 160 years old. I
wouldn't mind at all as long as I can see, hear, walk, drive my car,
and have fun with friends. The only draw back is there probably won't
be any cars to drive because air transportation may be the only way
to get around by then. We may have built-in binoculars, and be
implanted with amplified ear drums while still in the womb. If that
be the case I'm already outdated. Time to replace with a new model.
God Bless
Myrtle Jean Sharp
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