Heads Or Tails Tuesday!

HEADS - Anything green

Green is one of my very favorite colors. When I think of green, I think of the following:

• The Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz. This was my very favorite movie as a child. I watched it religiously every single year. For many years, my mom always made the same meal on Wizard of Oz night: corn dogs. Even though I cannot make myself eat a hot dog these days, I cannot resist a corn dog! Such good memories!
  
• My Emerald Ring that my parents gave me for my college graduation. It was a very, very nice gift from my parents, especially considering they paid my way through school. I should have been giving THEM a graduation present!
• Green makes me think of Spring and the grass turning from brown to green, the trees budding, and the flowers starting to bloom.
• Green makes me think of St. Patrick's day. That makes me think of all of my old friends back in Iowa. We made a point of going out on St. Patrick's Day every year. I am almost ashamed to admit that I did not drink my first green beer until after I graduated from college.
  
• Green makes me think of envy. Not a good thing. The only think I envy from day to day is people who have life long friends and family who live in the same city. I miss my friends and family back home, especially my sister who is going to visit next week with my nephew! Woo hoo!
• Green makes me think of calm, serene places: green fields, green pastures growing a new crop of corn or beans (I'm an Iowa girl, remember!), "knee high by the 4th of July", green grass where kids can run without fear of stepping on fire ants.
• Green makes me think of my parent's strawberry patch that they had when I was a child. It was mostly green, and occasionally Charlie the "garden snake" would rear his scary yet harmless head.
• Green makes me think of my dad's immaculate lawn. We had so much fun playing on that lawn as a kid. We played softball, tag, and ran sparklers around the house. I can still feel how very soft that grass was on my bare feet.
• Green makes me think of Kermit the Frog and his song, "It's not easy being Green." We all have our state of "green-ness" or way we do not fit in. It is good to be different but it is hard to convince a child of this.
• Green makes me think of money. We have put ourselves on a somewhat strict budget to see how much we can save this year. Painful yet rewarding at the same time!
• Green makes me think of new beginnings and second changes and renewal. I am so ready for Spring!

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