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Lots of Stuff

I have been meaning to blog about the Aerogarden tomatoes, and the gingerbread cookies, and now I have a new Belvedere photo too. So here is several days worth of bloginess.

I have more buds on the Aerogarden Heirloom Tomatoes after I decapitated them during pruning. I got an upgrade for my classic Aerogarden that has three lights instead of two, and allows the lights to be raised higher. I also brought home the office 3 pod Aerogarden that has lavender.

 
Tomatoes

 
Lavender

 

I finally got around to making gingerbread cookies Saturday
  

My sister-in-law's Westie, Biscuit, likes to play with Belvedere
  

 

I Remember...

I remember my father telling me about saving Japanese civilians after their ship hit a mine. I remember the page in the photo album, or funny book, with the handsome man in the dress whites with the tiny versions of my siblings. All I could find today was Daddy in his American Legion hat. He served in the Navy during WWII in the Pacific on the USS Brevard. Click to enlarge photo of the ship. (I notice they have the same photo that I scanned from a print.)

A couple of years ago on the Internet I came across photos of the Japanese civilians rescued by the crew of the Brevard. I think it is really interesting to see these. These images are from the Online Archive of California's Inventory of the Japanese American Relocation photograph collection. Dad would have said, "Seen 'em already." I found a certificate and little red transistor radio he got from Japan after the war. J.P. Barnett passed away in 1995.

DH's father was in the Navy during the Korean War. DH says he kept the Republic of China (AKA Taiwan) non-Communist while serving on the USS Phillipine Sea.  DH says he has heard many times the story of his Dad climbing Mt. Fuji.