"The only way to understand Mother Earth is to be a serious gardener,” says Dr. Bernard Huang. “Only then does one understand how amazingly complex and beautiful the planet is that we live on.”

For years, Cape Coral, Florida, neighbors could say that their lawn maintenance contractor was fussy. Indeed, because that was the name of the company, Fussy Lawn Care, owned and operated by Roger Ross.

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube are just a few of the rising stars in the social media world. Until recently, their application reflected their social media status. Users tabbed them to share interesting moments with family and friends and to update them with “happenings” on a daily and even hourly basis.

E.J. Jaxtimer has long been associated with some of the most beautiful homes on Cape Cod. Over the last 30 years, the owner of E.J. Jaxtimer Builders, Inc. in Hyannis, Massachusetts, has designed, renovated and constructed hundreds of homes on this famous tourist and travel destination.

I recently had the pleasure of seeing enthusiasm in action. Barbara and I and our family (all 16 of us) were eating at Fat Daddy’s Smokehouse BBQ in Kihei, Hawaii. As the menus were handed out, the waitress, Maggi Rose, let us know the ribs “were the best you’ll ever eat”. Later I overhead her tell another couple who asked what’s good on the menu, “It’s all good”. Then, when our order was taking a little while to come out from the kitchen, she brought out a couple of small bowls of chips for our eight grandkids to tide them over until the food arrived, and she told them, “Don’t eat too much, because you are going to want to eat all of the wonderful brisket sandwiches that you ordered”. She was right, it was a good meal, but her enthusiasm was what made it a wonderful experience and made us glad we chose to eat there.

“When neighbors drive by this property, they kind of do a double take,” says Elmer Groom. It’s something this landscape contractor is proud of because drawing their attention is his handy work—what he calls the “Walker Wave.”