Tomatoes, Squash, Zucchini... Oh My!

There's nothing like fresh garden vegetables.... until those fresh garden vegetables show up at your door every week or two as gifts from a sweet neighbor. I really don't know where this sweet man lives. He's a painter for the man down the road, and he's been painting for over 50 years. My husband was visiting with the sweet older man down the road from us one day, and his painter asked if we would be interested in some veggies from his garden. Tim didn't turn him down, so a few days later we had tomatoes, squash, and zucchini on our doorstep.

Since then he has brought us another load of them plus fresh muscadine jelly. And today he showed up with zucchini, tomatoes, fresh bread and butter pickles, fresh pickled squash, and fresh pickled tomatoes. He told Tim he'd rather do that for someone like him than anybody else. It makes us feel bad, but it makes us feel good at the same time. What a treat to have someone so sweet who truly wants to share the fruits of their labor with you.

While I'm on the subject of heart-warming experiences with mankind, I must mention a sight we saw while driving home from my parents' the other day. A woman was stuck in the inside lane at a traffic light because her vehicle had stalled. There were two cars in the left turn lane next to her. A man ran across the road from a nearby gas station to help her. As soon as the two cars in the left turn lane saw that, they both immediately pulled their cars partly into her lane -- one in front of her car, and one behind -- to block her vehicle from passersby for safety as it was pushed out of the way. Then the drivers of each vehicle hopped out and helped push her vehicle to the shoulder. It was awesome to see. There was no hesitation from either driver. When they realized what was going on they both immediately sprung into action to help. Oh how I love the south!