{"id":5937,"date":"2012-05-29T08:59:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T12:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=5937"},"modified":"2012-05-29T08:59:17","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T12:59:17","slug":"strawberry-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=5937","title":{"rendered":"Strawberry Rich!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I learned the difference between having money and being rich when I was a little girl.<\/p>\n

My mother had sent my little sister, Robin and I\u00a0 with our older siblings to the Ohio State Fair.<\/p>\n

She had given them the money to pay for our admission.\u00a0 She had given us $2 each for spending<\/p>\n

money.\u00a0 Two dollars didn\u2019t seem like much to spend at the fair even back then.<\/p>\n

There was so much to look at- so much to consider- and Robin had been talking about the<\/p>\n

food at the fair all the way to Columbus.\u00a0 Many years later they made a movie out of \u201cCharlotte\u2019s<\/p>\n

Web\u201d, and Robin had sounded a lot like Templeton the rat in his rhapsody over fair food.<\/p>\n

‘>Here it is on youtube!<\/a><\/p>\n

But when we got to the fair- not far from the entrance was a wagon- a dainty Victorian wagon,<\/p>\n

painted in lavender and white stripes and with lavender awnings- filled- absolutely FILLED with<\/p>\n

lavender.\u00a0 The fragrance was so potent that the air seemed to shimmer about the wagon-<\/p>\n

and the sign on front said Lavender-$1.00 a cup.\u00a0 I spent both of my dollars within the first ten<\/p>\n

minutes as the fair.\u00a0 I had two cups of lavender in my bag and I was rich beyond compare.<\/p>\n

And \u2013 aside from the fact that it was unbearably hot and humid- that is all I remember about the<\/p>\n

fair.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure someone took pity on me and got me a drink and maybe something to eat.\u00a0 But I had that<\/p>\n

bag- 2 whole cups of lavender for years afterward- and I knew that I had spent my money wisely.<\/p>\n

I was RICH in lavender!<\/p>\n

Richness for me means having plenty- enough to use and share.<\/p>\n

So, when Allyson brought me a basket FULL of strawberries I became a rich woman!<\/p>\n

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I washed them, cleaned them and graded them.<\/p>\n

Strawberries for pie.<\/p>\n

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Strawberries for jelly.<\/p>\n

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And strawberries for snacking.<\/p>\n

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Firm, ripe juicy, sweet Ohio strawberries- ready for whatever I wanted to do with them!<\/p>\n

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I made jelly- Freezer jam, actually.<\/p>\n

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and pie- enough to enjoy- and share!<\/p>\n

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I love being rich in strawberries, and family and friends and love- and lavender! \"Winking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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