May 15, 2009
Good morning from Collegeville,
It is a beautiful, but cool morning in Central Minnesota. There were frost warnings for parts of Minnesota. We were a little worried about the tulips. I have been gardening for some while now. Barby’s townhouse in Monticello did not come with garden plots, so last year I dug out a 3 ft x 3 ft spot next to the AC compressor and transplanted a Peony from Upsala. Even though I dug out a lot of the rough soil and dumped in potting soil, the plant died… No amount of Miracle Grow could save it. Last fall I planted 15 tulips bulbs and I was careful to follow the directions so as to not plant them upside down. My cousin Dave gave me a bale of straw to cover them with and this spring we waited and waited. I was about to dig them up when Barby came home from school with the advise of a landscape teacher to give them more time. First year tulips take a little while to get going. They are a beautiful color pink and the frost did not come. Life is good.
The show this week is a rebroadcast of a couple of shows from springtime past: one from Hot Springs, Arkansas and the other from Columbus, Georgia. Guests include the first couple of old time music, Norman and Nancy Blake, singing “Hawaiian Mother of Mine”, Robin and Linda Williams and Jearlyn Steele. Plus, guitarist Jake Fussell and country swingers, BR-549. Enjoy the show.
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. The timid presume it is lack of fear that allows the brave to act when the timid do not. But to take action when one is not afraid is easy; to refrain when afraid is also easy. To take action regardless of fear is brave.”
Ambrose Redmoon
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