Yesterday Rose and I made one of our traditional Spring day trips. We drove up Interstate 49 toward Alexandria getting off at the LeCompte exit. We headed west to Forest Hill. Forest Hill has the largest collection of nurseries perhaps anywhere. Our favorite is Doug Young Nursery. It is a wholesale nursery spread over several acres. They allow retail shoppers and its fun to drive over their extremely substandard roads and marvel over the variety of plants. You just stick what you want in the back of your vehicle and pay on your way out. The place isn’t really designed for the back yard gardener, so don’t expect great customer service or detailed answers to questions.
After we gathered up the plants we wanted, we headed back toward the interstate and crossed over to east side and into the town of LeCompte and Lea’s. Lea’s has made great plate lunches and wonderful pies since 1928. Since the inter state was built, it’s business is down, and it’s now about the only reason to go into LeCompte. We have pieces of pie and the coldest glasses of milk anywhere. We buy whole pies to take home and head back.
A day trip like that reminds you how great God is. He didn’t have to make such a marvelous variety of plants. They didn’t have to be fragrant or beautiful or food producers. He did all that as an extra glimpse into what heaven will be like. He didn’t need to make such a variety of food nor give us the talent to mix his ingredients into wonderful combinations like ham sandwiches and a variety of pies.
God is good, all the time.
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