{"id":30148,"date":"2018-05-28T15:27:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T22:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=30148"},"modified":"2018-05-29T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T22:12:11","slug":"30148","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=30148","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Our Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We love our country!<\/p><\/div>\n

We stayed mostly home except for Paul taking his morning walk and going over 500 miles this year!!!<\/p>\n

Random Memories: My father was 40 when WWII started and he tried to get in but was turned down.\u00a0 When I was in my teens, I asked Dad why he was not in the service.\u00a0 He said it was due to “flat feet”.\u00a0 I thought he was kidding until 60 years later when I got a bad case of\u00a0plantar fasciitis.\u00a0 Damn it hurts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Identified risk factors for plantar fasciitis include excessive running, standing on hard surfaces for prolonged periods of time, high arches of the feet, the presence of a leg length inequality, and flat feet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, dad worked in a dime store and standing was constant, the floors were always hard, he had very high arches (as does Paul Junior) and Paul Senior had a form of polio as a kid and one leg was shorter than the other!\u00a0 The upshot was, Paul Senior had plantar fasciitis or what was fondly called “flat feet” in the 1940’s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Made it over 250 miles so far this year!<\/p><\/div>\n

So, how far is 250 miles? It’s a good distance!\u00a0 Paul is happy he does not have to walk along Highway 99!<\/p>\n

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From Los Alamitos to Fresno is 241 miles!<\/p><\/div>\n

The flags were out in full force with at least 50% of the neighborhood displaying the flag. Now we know where the liberals are!\u00a0 Flags were large and small and even tied to bicycles roaming around the hood!<\/p>\n

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It’s a patriotic neighborhood!<\/p><\/div>\n

The slight breeze was perfect! The flags sounded great flapping in the breeze!<\/p>\n

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Flags waving everywhere<\/p><\/div>\n

After getting home, Paul watered the garden as it gets mighty thirsty when the sun comes out!\u00a0 The tomatoes are going wild!<\/p>\n

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The garden she is green!<\/p><\/div>\n

Hiding in the leaves are the start of several soon-to-be LARGE pumpkins!\u00a0 Last year we had several in the 60-70 pound range!<\/p>\n

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We are going to have pumpkins this year again!<\/p><\/div>\n

Checkout the corn… getting pretty tall!\u00a0 Another few weeks and we will have corn on the cob for dessert!<\/p>\n

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Damn near as high as an elephants eye!<\/p><\/div>\n

Did You Know?\u00a0<\/span><\/em>
\n\u2022 An average ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows.<\/span><\/em>
\n\u2022 There is one piece of silk for each kernel.<\/span><\/em>
\n\u2022 A bushel of corn contains about 27,000 kernels.<\/span><\/em>
\n\u2022 Each tassel on a corn plant releases as many as 5 million grains of pollen. <\/span><\/em>
\n\u2022 Corn is an ingredient in more than 3,500 grocery products.<\/span><\/em>
\n\u2022 One bushel of corn can make 33 pounds of sweetener, 32 pounds of starch, or 2 1\/2 gallons of ethanol fuel.<\/span><\/em>
\n\u2022 Corn is the 3rd most important food crop of the world measured by production volume, behind wheat and rice. In terms of acreage planted, it is second only to wheat.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Our fruit trees have formed an arbor over the pathway to the front gate<\/p><\/div>\n

We could open a large lemonade stand with the crop that comes on this tree!<\/p>\n

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We could open a lemonade stand!<\/p><\/div>\n

In the late afternoon we got cleaned up and headed to Malarkeys to meet up with Irene and we also got the Duda’s, returning form Europe, and the Rodecker’s.\u00a0 We all watched the sunset and got a full update on the European trip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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