Connie Lou

Generation Jones; Rugged Individualist who is a retired/rehired Physics & Chemistry Teacher; 38 years as a public educator.

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Challenge Accepted! Maverick of Union,Missouri has stepped up to make a difference and accepting our 50 yard challenge , committing to mow 50 free yards for those in need in his community. This is what it’s all about. Welcome to the family, Maverick !

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Family, help me give a BIG welcome to Orrin & Isabella of Canton, IL . These 2 amazing young leaders have stepped up to take on the 50 Yard Challenge, committing to mow 50 FREE lawns for the elderly, disabled, single parents, and veterans in their community

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Challenge Accepted! Timothy of Morley,Michigan has stepped up to make a difference and accepting our 50 yard challenge , committing to mow 50 free yards for those in need in his community. This is what it’s all about. Welcome to the family, Timothy !

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Challenge Accepted! Titus of Rexburg,Idaho has stepped up to make a difference and accepting our 50 yard challenge , committing to mow 50 free yards for those in need in his community. This is what it’s all about. Welcome to the family, Titus !

[Connie Lou @theriver2013]

@miles_commodore Ha ha, I never thought of it like that 😆

[Blue Lives Matter @bluelivesmtr]

Not all heroes wear capes: Michigan man finds $43,170 stuffed inside a thrift store couch and gives EVERY DOLLAR BACK.

Howard Kirby of Ovid paid $70 for a used furniture set at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Owosso.

After a few weeks his daughter-in-law unzipped a stiff cushion and pulled out bundles of cash totaling $43,170.

A lawyer told Kirby he had every legal right to keep the money. He needed a new roof and still had a mortgage.

Kirby refused. He tracked down the family that donated the couch. It had belonged to an elderly man who hid his life savings inside before he died.

His granddaughter had no idea the money was there when she gave the furniture away.

Kirby handed the full amount back. Later the community responded with donated roofing materials, labor, and a GoFundMe that helped him finish paying off his home.

Honesty still exists.

#Honesty #Michigan

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

The summer firefly show is over or ending in most of the eastern US right now. Everything you do to your lawn between now and next spring decides what you'll see next July.

Almost every firefly that flashed this summer mated and laid eggs in your soil and leaf litter. Those eggs have hatched into larvae that will spend the next one to two years underground, hunting slugs and soft-bodied pests in the dark. The generation underground right now is next summer's light show.

Grub treatments applied in August, or any time of year, kill firefly larvae that can't get out of the way. The pesticide doesn't know the difference between a Japanese beetle grub and a firefly larva. Firefly populations take years to recover.

Insecticides do the same thing at larger scale. A single application can eliminate the firefly larvae across an entire treated area.

Raking and bagging all your leaf litter in fall removes the overwintering habitat firefly larvae depend on. They burrow into loose leaf litter to survive winter. A bare, tidy lawn in November is a hostile environment for the larvae underneath it.

The action items are mostly subtractions. Skip the grub treatment this fall. Leave the leaf litter. Turn the porch light off when you go to bed.

What you do in August and September is really a decision about what you see next June. Treat the lawn accordingly.

[Connie Lou @theriver2013]

@miles_commodore Five Guys....but Cedar Point fries rock 🤟#IYKYK

[Connie Lou @theriver2013]

@QueenAnticommie Ribeye!!!

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Family, help me give a BIG welcome to Andrew & Patrick of Southgate,Kentucky o. These 2 amazing young leaders have stepped up to take on the 50 Yard Challenge, committing to mow 50 FREE lawns for the elderly, disabled, single parents, and veterans in their community

[Connie Lou @theriver2013]

@REVWUTRUTH Both!

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Brian of Colby, Wisconsin who recently completed our 50 yard challenge (I’ll be visiting him soon with his new equipment), has decided to continue on , taking on one of our special editions for kids who finish the first 50 yards . He has chosen the 100 yard challenge , 50 free more lawns for the elderly , disabled , single parents and veterans in his city .
This is lawn 51!

[Connie Lou @theriver2013]

@libsoftiktok Demonic.... how do those people not see this!?!?!?

[Connie Lou @theriver2013]

@soulriderSLM @deaflibertarian Or purposely catching a grasshopper for bait to fish in the "crick" 😉

[Connie Lou @theriver2013]

@deaflibertarian Yes they were! I'm thankful I grew up during the late 60's, 70's and into the early 80's. Generation Jones 💪

[Connie Lou @theriver2013]

@agonyhope1817 I love Ella! Love her voice! Love her music!

[Connie Lou @theriver2013]

@JesseBWatters @JesseBWatters stop giving Johnny such crappy jobs, poor guy 😜 Love Johnny!

[Connie Lou @theriver2013]

@CoffindafferFBI Beyond heartbreaking 😢🙏

[Connie Lou @theriver2013]

Sharky looking at fake-shark thinking WTF is that?????
#SharkWeek

[Connie Lou @theriver2013]

@mattvanswol Pure evil