Remember those black and white calendars that featured kids doing romantic things, all dressed up and carrying colored red roses? Yep, had one of those. I also had a Norman Rockwell calendar that I loved. My son gets his first calendar this year; he actually requested this. How can a mother deny that request? So, my mom found the perfect one.....an NRA sponsored calendar from my deceased Grandfather's pile. Now, I am not a fan nor member of the NRA, but it does have perfect boy pictures on it. Each month features another dog with his boy. (Oh, and a strategically placed gun.) I'm holding the whole gun/weapon thing loosely these days: I have boys. Boys seem strangely drawn toward weapons. All of our current weapons are made of plastic. Note: I'm pretty sure this calendar is not going to send my son down a path of violence.
OK, that was a lot of blabber just to say that I have a new favorite calendar this year put out by the Oregon Farm Bureau. The farmer in me sings. Each month mirrors the seasons outside my window. April=tulips. May=orchard blossoms. June=berries. You get the idea.
The best part are the quotes that accompany each month. Here are my favorites:
"The first farmer was the first man. All historic nobility rests on the possession and use of the land." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to the real wealth, good morals, and happiness." Thomas Jefferson
"I had rather be on my farm than be the emperor of the world." George Washington
"Life on a cattle ranch...was a fine, healthy life; it taught a man self-reliance, hardihood, and the value of instant decision." Theodore Roosevelt
"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." JFK
"If you tickle the earth with a hoe, she laughs with a harvest." Douglas William Jerrold
OK, so I basically like them all. I'll make the other quotes another blog post. Keep it short, and hopefully you'll read them all.
1 comment:
I just went today to get a new calandar. I ended up with the black and white little kids. I am a sucker for that every time. I had w Twilight one in my hand, but I just could not spend that much on a "teeny booper" calandar. Sigh. I am glad you found one you like!!
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