Mother Nature

1999 - Volume #23, Issue #1, Page #10

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Mother Nature "Returns" Ring Three Years After Loss

Mother Nature must have a sense of humor. After taking care of a lost wedding ring for three years, She decided to return it wrapped around a tasty carrot.
Tammie Lepard of Erskine, Alberta, stopped looking for her lost ring long ago. "I kind of thought it would show up around the house," she says.
The too-large wedding band had slipped off her finger several times, but before she could have it resized, she lost it and had no idea where.
Lepard's mother Agnes Thauberger of St. Albert, Alberta, visited her daughter in September. One day she went out to the garden to get fresh carrots for supper.
Using a pitchfork to dig clumps of carrots, she shook them free of dirt. Suddenly, she saw something glittering.
"At first I thought it was a shiny staple since they had been doing some house renovations," Thauberger said. Instead, she found her daughter's golden wedding ring with a medium-size carrot growing through it.
Thrilled with the discovery, she shared the news with Lepard's two daughters. The trio decided to add extra drama to the event by not revealing the news until the family sat down to supper.
"It was hard for those girls to keep quiet," says Thauberger of her granddaughters' giggling.
The meal began with shepherd's pie and fresh carrots. Lepard's daughters served their mother the "wedding ring carrot". "The look on her face was priceless," Thauberger says. Lepard's husband, Glen, teased that she could have found the ring herself if she had spent more time in the garden.
Chances of finding the ring were the same as "finding a needle in a haystack" said Tammi. The garden had been cultivated of-ten over three growing seasons.
Although the $200 ring cleaned up nicely, she's not sure if she will wear it again while gardening.
Thauberger suggests not. "I don't think I'm the finding type of person in the first place and now I've used up my luck," she says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tammi and Glen Lepard, Box 232, Erskine, Alberta, Canada T0C 1G0 (ph 403 742-0542).

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Mother Nature "Returns" Ring Three Years After Loss FARM HOME Novelty Items 23-1-10 Mother Nature must have a sense of humor. After taking care of a lost wedding ring for three years, She decided to return it wrapped around a tasty carrot. Tammie Lepard of Erskine, Alberta, stopped looking for her lost ring long ago. "I kind of thought it would show up around the house," she says. The too-large wedding band had slipped off her finger several times, but before she could have it resized, she lost it and had no idea where. Lepard's mother Agnes Thauberger of St. Albert, Alberta, visited her daughter in September. One day she went out to the garden to get fresh carrots for supper. Using a pitchfork to dig clumps of carrots, she shook them free of dirt. Suddenly, she saw something glittering. "At first I thought it was a shiny staple since they had been doing some house renovations," Thauberger said. Instead, she found her daughter's golden wedding ring with a medium-size carrot growing through it. Thrilled with the discovery, she shared the news with Lepard's two daughters. The trio decided to add extra drama to the event by not revealing the news until the family sat down to supper. "It was hard for those girls to keep quiet," says Thauberger of her granddaughters' giggling. The meal began with shepherd's pie and fresh carrots. Lepard's daughters served their mother the "wedding ring carrot". "The look on her face was priceless," Thauberger says. Lepard's husband, Glen, teased that she could have found the ring herself if she had spent more time in the garden. Chances of finding the ring were the same as "finding a needle in a haystack" said Tammi. The garden had been cultivated of-ten over three growing seasons. Although the $200 ring cleaned up nicely, she's not sure if she will wear it again while gardening. Thauberger suggests not. "I don't think I'm the finding type of person in the first place and now I've used up my luck," she says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tammi and Glen Lepard, Box 232, Erskine, Alberta, Canada T0C 1G0 (ph 403 742-0542).

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