ENTRY # SEVENTEEN HUNDRED & FIFTY SIX

Good Morning.
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The tea and coffee is ready, I needed it a little early this morning. I am sure that you can use yours early, it will help us settle down and start a new day with hope.

We had a busy but very productive day yesterday. Our dear friends, Michael and Pamela, came to put the housing on Cam #2 and to place the Cam in a different location so that you can see the garden better . We really do appreciate all the hard work they did for us!
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The only problem that we had was with a glare on Cam #2 . Every thing went fine until we noticed an awful glare from the sun almost blocking out the picture of the tomato garden. The sun is down now and it looks good. We are sure that we will get this fixed soon. I hope that you will bear with me until we do. DAD
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We are still having real good tomato growing weather. The day is starting off with a temperature of 69 and plenty of bright sun, The high will be in the high 80's. I don't see any sign of rain.
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I did not have time yesterday to check on the eagles. Here is a link that will bring us up to date, telling us what is going on. http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/eaglecam/
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After the sun rises this morning it would be good to see them again. Things seem to be going good. Here is the link that will let you look right into their nest. Eagle Web Cam .

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Click Here here for a little surprise.
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.I am hoping that this little surprise will get your day started with one of our famous smiles, you know the ones that are going all around the world. Dad.
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We are proud of our tomato garden this year. It is beginning to look like that we are going to have plenty of tomatoes from those 45 plants that you can view on both of my cams # 1 and #2 .
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Be sure that you look at Dad's Tomato Garden Album. Dad's Tomato Garden 2009 . It shows the progress of the tomatoes almost daily. Thanks for following them right on to the sandwich. Wish you were here to help me try them out. Dad.
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Dad's Smile Album
Dad's Songbird and Rose Garden
Dad's Tomato Garden Photo Album
Dad's Tomato Garden Web Page
Dad's Views and Tomato News
Eagle Web Cam
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HERE IS MY THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
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" He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to grow roses."
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From Apples of Gold.
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This is going to be all for this morning. I must get out early and give those tomatoes a little water. I know that this day is going to be a good one. So relax and enjoy it. Smile for me until I see you in the morning. Love to all of you. Dad.

BYE BYE DAD.
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ENTRY # SEVENTEEN HUNDRED & FIFTEEN

Beautiful blue sky and white fluffy clouds


Good Morning,

Time is so precious-do not waste it.

The sun never sets on Dad's Tomato Garden Journal..

My great grand-daughter Mandy has started a Blog. be sure to check it out. Here is the link http://mandytdandy.blogspot.com/ The link is also listed on my side panel under Dad's Favorite Sites - it's called "It Ain't Easy Bein' Green"

http://apps.ams.usda.gov/FarmersMarkets/

The reason I made this little video was to show you how strong the wind was blowing here Tuesday in East Tennessee. The noise you hear is the wind.

And I am wondering about our eagles up in Virginia. They were doing real good the last time that I saw them late Tuesday afternoon. As soon as the sun comes up we want to go up there and look at them and see how they made it through the night`. Eagle Web Cam They are growing so fast, before we know what is happening they will be flying out of the nest, I am glad for them but I hate to see them go. I have learned a lot of lessons from just watching them.

Why do I wait so long in offering you a hot cup of Tea or Starbucks Coffee. It has been ready a long time, it seems that when I start pecking on this keyboard I forget who I am or what I am doing. Forgive me and I will try to do better.

Our weather is a little cooler here in The Tennessee Valley this morning, starting out at 3 a.m. the tempeature is 42, and the expected high is 65, and we are promised several days of sunshine, maybe my tomato garden spot will finally dry up enough so I can begin to do something that I love to do.

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I think that both of my Cams are working this morning, look over in the side panel for the link to them, and other interesting things.

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I am going to make this a little short this Wednesday morning. I hope that all of you around this world are getting off to a good start, but I don,t seem to be. I have not felt very good for several days, and I do feel the need to slow down just a little, somestimes I for get how many years that I have been in this world ( almost 96,) and that is because of God's mercy on me. I wan't to value His mercy more. I am going to stop here but I will be here in the morning if I can make it. Keep smiling today, even if the way is rough.

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BYE BYE DAD

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ENTRY # SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE

GOOD MORNING,
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....."Time is so precious-do not waste it.".......
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© 2008 Dad's Tomato Garden Journal...All Rights Reserved.........
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The sun never sets on Dad's Tomato Garden Journal.....
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You can probably guess where I got these pictures. you know it has to be Kelly. Be sure and check out her Blog, The Chicken Chronicles. The link is the side panel. You can see what wonderful care Kelly gives to her beautiful chickens. These pictures were taken after or during a lot of rain. Kelly keeps putting out straw for them to walk on.
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Kelly, I did not ask for your prmission to use this picture, but you are my friend & I was sure that it would be O.K. DAD.
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Mary and I don't have much planned today. We may go to Lowe's and pick up some fence posts that I am going to use to secure my bird feeders.

We are working on several personal blog links that we are placing in the right panel under the heading " BLOGS ." As you know I lost what I had with AOL and it is taking me a little while to get them together again . I hope that I have room for all who want to be there. Dad.

The list right above these personal blogs will be mostly links concering my blog.

This tuesday morning find me feeling some better, I am in the process of getting our Tea and Coffee ready, Don't go away. I will do the pouring this morning.

It's still cold but a little warmer than monday, the tempeature a5 4:55 a.m. is 23, and I think that the rain has finnaly quit. I hope it has I want to see the sun again. I can't hardly think about tomatoes on these gloomy days.

Jade was supposed to have arrived in Kingsport last night but I haven't heard any thing yet, Jim will soon be telling us I am sure when we look at Tennessee Granddaddy
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Here is a short thought for this tuesday, it's one that LaVerne my wife used to quote often.
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" You never get a second chance to make a good first impression. "
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I think that she got that from a little booklet called Bits & Pieces
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Now I want to ask you. Is the side panel working alright for you ? Anything that I change I am doing it to make this blog more useful, more easy to read and understand. You know that the main reason for this blog to be here is my love for tomatoes.

Please tell me what you really think, I want to do what is best, and I can take correction from you with a smile.
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Here is a link below that will take you to something that Dad has been thinking about.
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http://dadstomatonews.blogspot.com/
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I must stop and make anothr trip to the coffee pot, join me again before we part. I intend to make these blogs shorter but I am doing a bad job of it.
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I will see you in the morning if my life is spared. Let's all try to be happy and contented today if we can, I know that many of us may be passing through hard times, but we hope that things will turn out right. DAD
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Bye Dad DAD
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