And speaking of the outdoors or should I say, bringing the outdoors indoors. I endlessly collect items during my hikes and on my travels to bring back home for some use or another. Or just for the sake of it because it calls to me. I think I should have been an archaeologist or botanist or historian or photographer. I probably need to explain each one in its own blog post.
I also swear that I am a descendant of Johnny Appleseed. As I hike the orchards in my town and surrounding towns I picture him with his burlap sack throwing seeds to start orchards like this years ago. He is wearing ragged overalls, a plaid shirt and a floppy wide-rimmed straw hat. He is tall and thin and he walks jauntily up and down the hills smiling.
The other day I sang the Johnny Appleseed song to my husband as we hiked. He was shocked I knew a song like that. (I learned it at Camp Mohawk in Connecticut. Shout out to summer camps)
"Oh, The Lord is good to me.
And so I thank the Lord.
For giving me
The things I need.
The sun and the rain and the apple seeds.
The Lord is good to me."
Composer ?? unknown to me... Was it Johnny himself?
I think there was a "John ?" in real life who was involved in the apple business founding in America. As I hiked the other day his name was on the tip of my tongue. I just rattled it off to my husband. Can't remember right now.
Yes, "rattling off" is what I sometimes do when I am enthusiastic about something. But that is a topic for another day.
Who knew And Speaking Of would be about the infamous legend of Johnny Appleseed? Not me.
