one thing about dad was he had a love for gardening. He used to plant tomatoes, broccoli, radishes, squash, cucumbers and strawberries amongst many other things. SOme of the best dinners we had were stir frys from the garden. I remember stopping by his electrcian friend donnies house to steal tomatoes from the garden on our way home from a job near his house. In fact he told me one time that he and donny had a beer after work and he didnt eat much for lunch so he caught a buzz and had to eat a few tomatoes and hang out for a minute before he drove home...Hahahah. he cracks me up. He even used to plant a garden at my sisters ex-boyfriend terrys house and tend to it every year. At his wake a friend of his mentioned to pop that he like the acorn squash my dad gave him, he said the next day when he went outside the porch musta had 10 of them on it. Dad just started liking squash a lot but his thing was tomatoes. I will always remember fondly when, during the day at work, we would discuss what we were gonna eat for dinner he would always describe with such admiration his love for tomato sandwiches. he would tell me his recipe a few slices of tomato miracle whip wheat bread and salt and pepper...he loved them. he loved to be adventurous and travel the globe but he was also a man who enjoyed the simple things in life.
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