August 1st

August 1^st

Been too hot to go outside.

For days now stuck inside.

Think I'll go investigate

what's behind the garden gate.

Though too hot to cook

I'll take time to look

at which vegetables are growing

and perhaps do some needed weeding.

The humidity doesn't stop the bees.

Seeing them is always pleasing to me.

Both the summer and winter squash

are filled with buzzing bees – don't touch!

Humidity seems to grow the summer squashes fast.

Unfortunately I need to add another task

for these squashes are being attacked

by cucumber beetles with striped backs.

These beetles like the squashes better,

it seems, than the trellised cucumbers.

The first year cucumber beetles appeared

though probably not the last, I fear.

There's cucumbers to share

with neighbors who care

and green beans too,

still wet with dew.

Tomatoes are turning red

inside the vegetable bed.

Later this week, a tomato sandwich

will be eagerly fixed for my lunch

I'm going to check the Yukon gold potatoes.

I dig in with my fingers down by my toes.

Here's one bigger than my fist

for a baked potato, the best!

Unfortunately

the humidity

has caused unwelcome weeds to grow

faster than everything else grows.

There's even a dandelion in bloom

even though it's August 1^st, not June.

Sweat's dripping already today.

These weeds will stay another day.

* * * * *

There's still controversy,

many people would say,

over what we should eat -

just vegetables or with meat.

Daniel and his three friend proved

eating only vegetables for food

and drinking only water

that they would be healthier.

This diet is still the best

for we eat too much of the rest -

non-nutritious junk food laden with

preservatives and additives.

Substituting vegetables for junk food

will certainly improve our groggy moods

causing us to be more energetic

and quite possibly less unfit and sick.

And drinking more plain but pure water

will cause everyone to feel better

for water is necessary for good health -

which is like acquiring endless wealth.

So fill you plate with vegetables

when you sit down at the table.

Rather orange, green, red or white

you'll find each one will delight.

To improve your mood,

instead of junk food

try crudites -

a vegetable tray.

Quite often when we think we're hungry

your body is telling us we are thirsty

so keep a bottle of water nearby

and especially when you go bye-bye.

What vegetables will you eat today?

There really is a wide array

for our Creator God made it that way.

Let's now thank God as we pray.

Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink.

Then compare our appearance with that of the young men

who eat the royal food.

At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished

than any of the young men who ate the royal food.

Daniel 1:12-15

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