I Learned Something New Today

I received this email from my friend Ken Gauthier up in Canada. I had no idea that this was there built into the box. Thanks Ken....for the info and for sharing.

Email from Ken:
I can't believe it's been there all this time . I had to go into the kitchen and check this out for myself. Whoever looks at the end of your aluminum foil box? You know when you try to pull some foil out and the roll comes out of the box. Then you have to put the roll back in the box and start over.. The darn roll always comes out at the wrong time. Well, I would like to share this with you. Yesterday I went to throw out an empty Reynolds foil box and for some reason I turned it, and looked at the end of the box. And written on the end it said, Press here to lock end. Right there on the end of the box is a tab to lock the roll in place. How long has this little locking tab been there? I then looked at a generic brand of aluminum foil and it had one, too. I then looked at a box of Saran wrap and it had one too! I can't count the number of times the Saran wrap roll has jumped out, when I was trying to cover something up. I'm sharing this with my friends. I hope I'm not the only person that didn't know about this. I know you're going to go and check your boxes, so go ahead!

The Surrender

Feet running
hitting concrete
moving swiftly
trying to escape
like a stampeding herd of wild horses
pulse pounding
muscles throbbing
heart aching
then silence
giving in and giving up
weary and drained
no desire to continue
loss of will
no strength to keep going
or to keep fighting
the protective wall that I put up slowly crumbles
the cloud of dust and particles remain heavy in the air
I am now totally yours
as you always wanted
to use and abuse
to be taken advantage of
and to be taken for granted
my soul plodded and plundered
to be manipulated and molded
another you
and when finished with
cast aside and discarded
without a second glance or thought
lowly remains of a life lost and wasted
remembered only as what you created
within you own mind
not what or who I truly was
but what you made me to be
ONLY because I surrendered

Flowers Of The Day

Just a few more photos of new flower growth in the gardens. I don't remember what they are called, but the first thing that comes to my mind when I look at them, would be Tinkerbells. I had 2 readers tell me that they were hyacinths...grape hyacinths - Armeniacum Muscari to be precise. Thanks to both California Girl and Deerfriend for the help on the type of flowers these are.