Archive for April 12th, 2008

I’m not a tree hugger, BUT….

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Big old tree struck by lightning In case you don’t know we had a major weather day in Alabama yesterday. While some of our area reported damage, our part of the bend fortunately escaped tornadoes and high winds. But as you know part of a tornado event is lightning.

Well I am very sad to report, (more…)

Toenail Trivia- What the heck is a Pumpkin-Seed?

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Toenail TriviaWhen reading the list of nicknames for the toenail do you every wonder where they came from? Elephant Toenail to me is a match. I can see that nickname, but some of the names are really obscure- like one I was thinking about the other day- The Pumpkinseed.

What the heck is a Pumpkinseed. Yeah, I know what a pumpkin is and I know they have fairly large seed, compared to a strawberry, but I don’t think so. So what say you?

Where did the nickname Pumpkinseed (PumpkinSeed or Pumpkin Seed) come from and how did it become associated with our favorite knife pattern? (more…)

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