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Scot Medbury, President of the BBG

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President of BBG

I felt blessed to find myself at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens today to participate in their 33rd Annual Making Brooklyn Bloom project.

(A huge shout out to my my Sister, April, who  invited me!)

Before I left home, I grabbed my camera, praying I will be inspired.

Inspired, I was! The very essence of inspiration was in the air. To start things off, the weather was simply beautiful.

And to tie into  the spring feeling, there were so many people happy and eager to talk to you about their careers and how much gardening meant to them.  I met gardeners, innovators,  teachers, students,  architects, historians, cooks,  two happy babies, musicians, photographers, and to top things off I  ran into Gustimo’s co-founder, Martina Kenworthy, who  embarked on a new career with Slow Foods.

The love for healthy food brought us all together.

In the middle of the day I found myself in the garden’s auditorium listening to the president of the garden, Scot Medbury. He said, being around plants and beauty really brings you to your best self  and I sat there hoping I would soon join this community of people who didn’t mind soil and seeds.

Bread Factory in Bronx

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One night, after church, my dad mentioned the strong smell of bread that was in the air. It was a strong smell. We all could smell it and have been smelling it for years. I never really knew where the smell was coming from; however, my dad knew. He said he used to go to the bread factory all the time, long  time ago. That night my sister and I urged him to take us.

When we got there,  the gate was locked and there was music playing that the entire neighborhood could hear. It was good that the doors to the factory was open! After my dad found a way to open the gate, we walked pass the ‘don’t trespass’ gate and went inside.

I was in awe! It was almost like a mini bread festival. Everyone was packing bread and there were huge bread machines everywhere! There was bread sliding off and on slides, bread spinning, bread being thrown into bags… Bread everywhere!  The workers created an assembly line and was not even distracted when we walked into the place.

The workers were so kind and happily packaged bread for us to enjoy. When my dad offered to to pay for the bread, they turned my dad away and kept working. We were surprised and happy at the same time. We got some good Italian bread for free! Straight from the oven into our tummies.

The Bronx is full of finger lickin’ surprises!

Bread Factory