You can take the GRITS out of Florida, but you can't take Florida out of the GRITS!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Fruits of my labor...

Just two days ago, this squash was little. I mean about 3 inches long. Today after work I went out to check on it and man...did it grow...ALOT! This is the biggest squash I have ever grown!

Ok, so I know it's not ginormous, but for me, it's BIG! 9 inches!!! (no comments from the peanut gallery)

And thrown in for random weirdness...


Yes, if my deceased father-in-law hadn't made a poor choice in his youth and forsaken his family business, my husband would own, or at least part own, the Sexton Food Company. Folks down South won't have heard of it. It's a Northern thing. I found this tin in an antique store and had to buy it...it's the only thing we have from that company.

I am thinking of starting a short, but possibly somewhat interesting weekly "feature"...Homes of the Famous and Infamous! Miami is home to alot of folks that fit that title. I thought it may be kind of fun to let y'all see the homes of some of the people who fit that title. We'll see how it goes...I'll post the first one tomorrow. I can see you shivering with anticipation...

5 comments:

Sayre said...

Perhaps all that rain helped with the growth spurt...

And what the heck is a cushion mint?

SwampAngel65 said...

Not 100% sure, but I'm thinking a cushion mint is maybe the same as "butter mints"...like those little pastel colored things that almost melt in your mouth? Hell, I should just google it...

ChrisB said...

The squash looks impressive to me because I'm not that good at growing things although we do try.

I look forward to reading your post tomorrow.

SophieMae said...

That's some squash! we harvested our first eggplant the other day, but Duller inhaled it before I could get a shot.

Hey, I kinda miss your where it this? posts. How come you quit doing those? ô¿ô

SwampAngel65 said...

Thanks, Chris! Keep trying...but I know you can grow some things pretty good (like potatoes!?!?!?)

Sophie, I was having a hard time coming up with tricky places on Google Earth. Maybe I'll try again for my "sister". Just give me some time...as you can tell, my blogging has been very slow of late.