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Thanks For Friends Let us give thanks for a bounty of people. For children who are our second planting, and, though they grow like Weeds _' and the wind too soon blows them away, may they forgive us our cultivation and remember fondly where their roots have been planted; For generous friends . . . with hearts as big as hubbards and smiles as bright as their blossoms; For fiesty friends as tart as apples; For continuous friends, who, like scallions and cucumbers, keep reminding us that we’ve had them; For crotchety friends, as sour as rhubarb and as indestructible; For handsome friends, who are as gorgeous as eggplants and as elegant as a row of corn, and the others, as plain as potatoes and so good for you; For funny friends, who are as silly as brussel sprouts and as amusing as Jerusalem artichokes, and serious friends, as complex as cauliflowers and as intricate as onions; For friends as unpretentious as cabbages, as subtle as summer squash, as persistent as parsley, as delightful as dill, as endless as zucchini, and who, like parsnips, can be counted upon to see you through the winter; For old friends, nodding like sunflowers in the evening-time and young friends coming on as fast as radishes; For loving friends, who wind around us like tendrils and hold us, despite our blights, wilts, and witherings; And, finally, for those friends now gone, like gardens past that have been harvested, but who fecl us in their times that we might share their lives through out our days; Max Coots mer 1 m”"‘“"‘ 555 WELLINGTON ROAD 0 LONDON, ONTARIO NBC4R3 o (519) 656-0531 vow v.4” Kw‘urra‘: gs; . ‘m