Peas

The Peas are on in the garden! Peas are one of my favorite veggies! I think my love of peas is wrapped up in happy memories.

Every summer my family would pack everyone into the car/minivan/suburban to make the 6 hour drive through Yellowstone National Park to Cody Wyoming. It's a long car drive but the scenery is nice. We'd tell the other cars to "move over pilgrim" and laugh when people would stop on the side of the road to look at one buffalo when our experience was that a little farther down the road the whole herd would be in site. We'd sing to John Denver songs with Dad and complain about who was touching who and really how much farther. We knew we were close when we'd get to the tunnels!  The best part though was when we'd finally pull into the drive a Grandma and Grandpa's house. We'd hop out of the car and give hugs and then head straight for the pea patch. Part of the novelty of picking the peas and eating them in the garden was that you could just throw those pea pods where ever you wanted....as long as they were still in the garden.

You see peas aren't just a nice little green non leafy vegetable, they're a sweet childhood memory wrapped up in each little pod.