Keeps the doctor away!
Greetings all. Cheryl here to continue our month long recognition of fun holidays using Brownielocks.com as our guide.
Everyone shout "HAPPY JOHNNY APPLESEED DAY!"
I have learned so much about the apple in the preparation of this post. Of course, we all know that incorporating an apple into our diet is a healthy, smart choice. Apples have no fat, cholesterol or sodium, and contain small amounts of potassium, which may promote heart health, help maintain healthy blood pressure and a healthy weight. And that my friends is just the tip of the iceberg.
The apple has been around since ancient times- hmm, Adam and Even, anyone? But my favorite reference of the apple goes back to Greek and Roman mythology where the apple was used as a symbol for.... wait for it... love and beauty. Apples were used in courtship and marriage ceramonies where you may have heard, "You're the apple of my eye."
Did you know that you could eat a different variety of apple everyday for more than 19 years and not eat the same variety twice? That's a lot of apples! Personally, give me a Honeycrisp! It's my favorite.
I could go all Bubba Gump on you: Apple Pie, Apple Crisps, Apple Cider, Apple Turnovers, Apple Butter, Applesauce, Apple Juice, Carmel Apples, Candied Apples, Apple Martinis but, I won't.
Let's not even get started on Apple, Inc. Oh, how I love an iPod.
Alas, today is not National Apple Day- it's Johnny Appleseed Day.
So, who was Johnny Appleseed? In just a brief synopsis, John Chapman was born in 1974 in Massachussets. He is an American Legend. He was an eccentric, devout man that worked on an apple orchard when he was young and spent his adult life traveling through the midwest encouraging others to grow apple trees while spreading the Swedenborgian gospel.
He was in the business of Spreading Shine! And, that's why I think you should Eat More Apples!
Signing off until tomorrow.... when you'll want to tune in to discover another deserving Yellow Envelope Project nominee.