{"id":341,"date":"2012-07-06T19:57:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T19:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=341"},"modified":"2012-07-06T19:57:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T19:57:03","slug":"new-appreciations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=341","title":{"rendered":"New Appreciations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Run: \u00a050 min lifting at the “Y”<\/p>\n

Growing up in the Mid-West, I learned to appreciate things that related to farming. Even though I lived in the city, we had a major dairy in our community. \u00a0I grew up enjoying the best and freshest diary products that I have yet to find surpassed today.<\/p>\n

So now, living in the South, I have learned that I need to have some new appreciations of things. \u00a0One of these is in the tree\/bush category. \u00a0Crepe Myrtle’s.<\/p>\n

When we first moved to Mississippi, I could not stand Crepe Myrtle’s! \u00a0I did not like how they looked. \u00a0I did nor like how they smelled. \u00a0I did not like them “here or there”, I did “not like them anywhere”! \u00a0Now, three years later, I kinda like them! \u00a0They come in different colors and shapes and sizes.<\/p>\n

We have two different shapes along the front of our house (eight Crepe Myrtle’s in all), the tall scraggly ones and the short round ones. \u00a0The short rounds ones are white and the tall ones are a real pretty dark pink. \u00a0They do well in the hot, hot, hot weather and they bloom well. \u00a0They add color to a dry climate. \u00a0I think I like them.<\/p>\n

You have to prune Crepe Myrtle’s in January. \u00a0This is the only month during the year that they recommend pruning. \u00a0I guess it has to do with the sap not running, or something. They are supposed to be dormant. \u00a0So, every January, out I toddle on out with my pruning shears and cut the living daylights out of those trees\/bushes! \u00a0They always grow back. \u00a0They grow back a lot! \u00a0I do not think you can kill a Crepe Myrtle.<\/p>\n

So, I tell myself that I am broadening my horizons. \u00a0I am beginning to appreciate new things. \u00a0I am learning to like the Crepe Myrtle.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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