MAYHAW JELLY IS GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU

We have two large mayhaw trees in full bloom now in our backyard that have produced many gallons of berries through the years.  Mamoo  makes wonderful mayhaw jelly each year.  The berries drop off the trees in the Spring, and we now have two great grand children (Caleb 9 and Alexis 6) that come over and help us pick the berries off the ground.  (It is not easy to bend down at our age and pick them up, and the kids seem to like this little job - for a while).  

Last year they came over and the berries were all over the ground.  They loved to see which one could pick up the most berries.  They both picked for about fifteen minutes, and then Alexis called for me and said, "My GIZZARD is starting to hurt, Paw Paw", and immediately Caleb said,  "So is mine".  So I told them to rest a while.  (That was the end of the berry picking until next year).  I hope we have another bumper crop next year!

ps:  Our grandson Craig Delony asked me to give him two mayhaw trees for his new backyard.

This week, October 2009, he and his son, Parker (2 years old) helped me plant them at their home in Jacksonville, Florida!

"HOW'S WATERMELON DOING?"

Recently Mamoo and I went shopping at the local Wal-Mart Store nearby. She suggested that I take my blood-pressure in the Pharmacy Department and she would meet me there as she shopped elsewhere in the store.

I had just sat down and got "hooked-up" when a very nice, much older black woman came by and said, "Sho do wish I could get my son to take his "pressure like dat". I politely asked her his age. She said he was over 60, and then burst out laughing loudly as she added, "I had him rat here on the streets of Baton Rouge, rat in front of a fruit market." Then started laughing again!

I joined her in laughing, then I asked her, "Did you name him apple or orange?" She said, "No suh, I kinda likes da name "WATERMELON".

ps: My blood pressure was 107/60 by the time I stopped laughing!

TUESDAYS ARE SPECIAL

Each Tuesday morning at 9:00 am, our Church offers a "MEN'S COFFEE" group meeting, where biscuits and sausage are provided along with a brief bible study. The leader of this group is usually one of the Associate Pastors of our Church.

At the same time, there is also a group of women who meet in another room to knit prayer shawls for "shut-in" members of the Church, as well as for other members of the community.

Mamoo and I enjoy this fellowship with our friends and find the time spent here as very interesting.

There are usually a group of 12 - 15 men in our group - most of whom have retired (still young). Not all the men are members of our Church. The knitters number about 30 ladies.

I find it most enjoyable to visit with my "young" friends, and we usually solve "all the problems of the world" each week before our short devotional begins. The party is over at 10:00 am and we look forward to the following Tuesday morning.