Justine... That "lemon yellow" dress dress is devine! 👍🍋

My hubbie and I have been married 47 years and he hasn't worn a ring except for our honeymoon. Ron don't worry. It's not the ring that makes the marriage.

The best thing a woodworker can do is leave his wedding ring at home. Helps to keep his fingers on his hands

Salt on your watermelon is like putting salt on your tomatoes it brings out the sweetness.

I have another fun flag fact. When it came time to redesign the flag after Alaska and Hawaii were adopted in as States the government had a contest with the citizens of the country on what the new design should be. A teacher assigned her students this as an assignment and then submitted the designs to the committee choosing the flag. One of her students ended up with the winning design! However the teacher in question actually didn’t like the design and gave it low grade. The student came back and asked her to change it to an A the following year after he returned with the letter from the President etc. congratulating him on his winning design!

Watermelon and lemonade, wonderful summertime favorites. That is special to grow your own watermelon. I hope you harvest many more this summer.

Watermelon the Mexican way. With seasoning/chile & lime😋

Ron's impression of the woman yelling at the security guard is perfect! 🤣 No one wants the kid running around, because we all know they will eventually get hurt then youll have a screaming/crying child lol

Dearest Ron and Justine, I am 70 and, by experience, have made the correlation of the Social Security Office being exactly the same environment as Walmart. You never know what's going to happen, never feel comfortable being there, and can't be yourself because no one knows your joking. Love your channel!

Justine, I love that you wore a lemon yellow dress for your lemonade video!

The yellow dress looks so beautiful on you, Justine 💛 Love you guys and look forward to these videos every week.

That lemonade almost sounds like a liquid form of lemon merengue pie. I'm going to make it!

Horses love watermelon. I give them the rind all the time.

The sound effect as Justine's watermelon half hit the ground just cracked me up for some reason. You guys are just too darn cute!😅

You two are wonderful. So down to earth.

I love this idea! I homeschool my daughter, and this year, we are doing "historical food studies" so this is one we will definitely add into the rotation!

There was a company back in the 90’s called Orange Julius that put raw egg in their orange drink. It was a delicious drink and quite popular until the salmonella scare.

Justine, have you ever done a recipe with Elderberries? I know many things can be made from them.. were they popular in the 1800’s?

Ron - when I started farming after I retired from a career in IT, I found myself needing to work with my hands more. I switched to wearing a silicone rubber ring. They are WAY safer than wearing a metal ring for folks who work with their hands, especially around spinning devices like a lathe or a tractor PTO. As an added bonus - the silicone rings are dirt cheap - so if you beat one up or get tired of how it looks, it's no great tragedy to dump it and buy another. Take care and God Bless.

Hi Justine! Your beautiful yellow dress is lovely! 💛💛💛

Cannot wait till after work to watch. ❤ you both. Everyone, have a great night.

Great idea that you came to sit outside on a hot day. So much better.

😂 The social security office story had me laughing

Watermelon and feta cheese…THE BEST!

Us Marylanders like salt on our cantaloupe.

My Grandma made watermelon pickles out of the rinds and they was delicious. ❤

My Grandmother used to make the best watermelon rind pickles. She was an amazing cook and never used recipes, so unfortunately I don’t have any to share, but save your rinds. On a different note, I love your dress!

😄😄😄😄😄 the SS office story - hilarious!

Agree with Ron re: it might taste better cold…lol. In 1974 spent 2 weeks in Poland and all the drinks were room temp and definitely would have been better cold!! Same way with watermelon, always better cold…

Yay! Its Wednesday. Your so refreshing in the middle of the week.

We have Huckleberry Lemonade here in Northwest Wyoming 🍋🤠

Justine you look so pretty in your yellow dress. I enjoy your show because it takes me away from the craziness in the real world. Thank you! ❤

Ha! I thought I was the only person who encountered people with no sense of humor. They just stare at me like I'm weird. I love your sense of humor, and I get it. You had me laughing once again. Lovely setting on this video. I will be seeing you both July 6 and Ron much respect for keeping the fourth as a special day. Justine, you are so beautiful.

My Dad didn't wear a ring, either. He had a job as a mail carrier (walking with a heavy leather bag on his back). But he did lots of manual labor (gardening with Mom, mowing, carpentry, home improvement, etc.) Naturally, he couldn't wear his wedding ring. What a beautiful day to have special lemonade and home-grown watermelon! And you looked like a summer day in your yellow dress. I felt refreshed from simply watching and listening to your chat. Stay cool, you two.

Great video. I'm glad you stepped out of the cabin. You was melting when you made the Lemonade.

You can also pickle the rinds of watermelon, as well as cantaloupe. Originally, peanut butter, hamburgers, what today is baby food (pureed meats and vegetables, etc.) as well as soda, were originally used as medicine.

My Dad used to put salt on his apples

South Carolinian here & I grew up putting salt on watermelon, cantaloupe & honeydew melon. 😁 It's so special about Justine's wedding band. How wonderful it is an heirloom. I have my mother's wedding band & I treasure it. Also, as several have said, silicone rings are popular now. Two of my nephews have gold bands they only wear for "special" occasions, but wear their silicone bands any other time.

Thank you for the half hour of fun, Justine and Ron! My dad taught all of the industrial arts and no ring is best. The silicone ones are great now but would not fly at all in period dress events. So excited to see house progress and wish you a blessed week! xoxo

Love me some watermelon!!!!! I love your yellow dress, yellow is my fav color. 💛

The social security office experience was so funny I was laughing so hard...I agree 100% that marriage is not about the money spent on the ring or wedding...beautiful dress...❤ you guys

I live in South Ga, and we love salt on watermelon!! Cantaloupe too!!

Watermelon and lemonade are a tried and true combination, especially when they're combined into the delightful nectar we've all come to know as watermelon lemonade! 😃 I hope everyone's having a most wonderful and enjoyable week so far! 🙌✨

It’s call a flip, add rum 🍹 for holidays

Ron and Justine, y'all are fantastic. I love Justine's caring heart and good morals. And Ron rocks when it comes to patriotism. Keep helping make 4th of July events happen so people will learn about our great history. And keep sharing yummy recipes/receipts. They are delicious and a fun part of our history. Many recipes can be made today - moreso than I thought. It's good that we don't have to special order some of the ingredients. I do wish the different types of molasses was easier to find in local grocery stores. It's so yummy in recipes. God bless you Justine and Ron!

I seen you Justine, eating all the watermelon.😂

I wonder if that lemonade is kind of like apple juice vs spiced apple cider. It sounds interesting. Thank you for being outside rather then inside with a fire, at least there's a breeze! Love LOVE your dress ❤.

Me and my wife like lemonade and watermelon! This is a good summer treat! It is definitely good anytime of year! Rebecca and David Back.

That drink sounds so delicious! My husband of 24 years hasn’t worn his in years. Working with your hands daily, it’s not practical or safe. Funny story, when my husband wore his ring in the beginning, he lost it night fishing. Flew right off his finger as he cast. He went back the next day, raking the water by the shore and found it! Fell off again in a dumpster while he was dumping trash and he found it again!

I hate being allergic to watermelon... It looks SO good!

So happy for you guys even if it doesn't wear the ring or it doesn't fit you guys are faithful to each other and then you love each other but wearing a ring is beautiful too I'm so happy for you guys congratulations and enjoy your life together

Love the lemonade and the yellow dress to match! Ron is so cute ate the window drinking his purchase! LOL

Great video today! So glad to see you both outside to keep cooler. The lemonade sounds great! I would probably use honey rather than white sugar, tough. Justine, there will come a time when Justine Dorn will seem a bit wierd to say. 😉 Love you guys, too! Have a great week! Sue 😊❤

Watermelon and feta - yum!

Helo Justine and Ron.... That Watermelon looks wonderful. So pink inside. Where has Kitty been? I have not seen him. I want to try the Lemonade.

The egg in the lemonade is so strange but it's cooked and makes it more nourishing, and probably gives it more depth of flavor. I love the history lessons you deliver about the various receipts and other historical places, structures.... I eat the watermelon seeds. I really like the nutty taste. My grandmother used to give me a couple of teaspoons of a mixture of honey, brandy, and lemon to soothe a sore throat and cough. "Old people stuff." Ron....LOL! You two...such a cute couple. I totally get that Ron does not wear a ring. It can be dangerous if you are working with certain woodworking tools/machines. Ron, you said it perfectly, "Love ain't about money." Blessings!

You guys are hilarious. Love your humor.

I've heard of egg coffee. I remember one time when I was a kid, our percolator broke down, so mom made coffee on the stove in a saucepan until she bought a new percolator. I heard the adults talking about egg coffee. I think the idea was the egg would keep the grounds out of your cup. This was back in the 60s.

So true at SS office. Need to put your armor on!!! 😅

Justine, you look fabulous in light yellow. Really complimentary to your complexion.

Love the info about the flag. My Dad was a forester & worked in a lumber mill & tinkered wt cars & stuff at home, also. He didn't wear his ring consistently til he retired. Mom wasn't worried at all...more important to be safe & not lose fingers.

That was definitely interesting and yes, I’d try it around the winter holidays.

Interesting the history of lemonade uses during those days. Lemonade has vitamin C and it’s good for the cold or flu. And didn’t know that the stripes were added along with the starts. I’m glad it was stopped on time. The flag would be weird. Your watermelon looks delicious. Thank you, Ron and Justine for the video.

You both are wonderful together ❤️

So cute!!! She keeps saying, "My Husband..."

Yay!!! I Love when I see you have a New Video 👏

Lol oh my gosh seriously it sounds like the guard is being controlled by someone or something 🤣🤣

Some of my fondest memories are of devouring huge slices of watermelon in the garden of my grandpa's farm, with him, my dad, and my little brother, all of us slurping and belching as loudly as possible. Then, we'd go inside, and watch "Hee Haw". Mom was too much of a lady to join us for any of this. She missed out on all the fun.

Justine you are a wealth of knowledge. Thank you for sharing your information

You two are so fun and interesting. The SS story is hilarious.

Thanks for this episode. So interesting! BTW, I don't put salt or sugar on watermelon but I LOVE cantaloupe with salt. It amps up the flavor tremendously. Try it sometime! It really is good. A little salt on apples tastes great, too.

I missed the live chat! What a gorgeous day at the cabin! I might have to try this lemonade. It sounds very interesting

I like making homemade lemonade, but use the lemon juice in the bottle. I bought a rocking chair for my front porch so I can relax with a cool drink and watch the world go by.❤️

I tried growing watermelon one year. My biggest one had one big spoonful of pink stuff in each half. And that was it. The growing season just wasn't long enough here in Montana. There may be faster growing varieties now, so maybe I'd get better results...😊🍉

Salt or Tajin is wonderful on watermelon!!

Enjoyed the video this week Love you both Happy Independence Day 🙏🙏🙏❤️

Yellow dress and homemade lemonade 💛

Hello everyone !! From rural Ohio !!!

People used to put a raw egg into their malted milk, for extra creaminess. Contrary to the name, there are no eggs in a Chocolate Egg Cream. The name refers to the drink's frothiness, similar to whipped egg whites. Cinnamon goes well with oranges. My aunt used to sprinkle a bit onto orange wedges, to enhance the flavour.

Watermelon grown at home is amazing! Store-bought seedless varieties are bred to have no seeds but at the cost of flavor. One exceptional variety that does well in the south is the CHarleston Grey. Super flavor! Glad you got a great melon!

there are several contemporary cocktails that include eggs, to give a smooth taste and mouth feel or emulsify ingredients....so still used today!

My husband doesn’t wear a ring either. He does work with power tools and such and he says that rings get caught on them. Could be a good way to loose a finger, so he just never has. We have been married for 32 years.

How you describe the SS guard is exactly how ours is here where I live. They won't let you bring in water, but they will get on to ppl about their phones. Have to go outside. One time one was yelling at a woman about her "pepper spray", it was an asthma inhaler. 🤦‍♀️

Margarita leans upon lime juice. Yum!

110 yesterday and 111 today in SC with the heat index and will be like that end of the week. 🥵 That lemonade sounds very interesting, I really want to try it!

Not sure if you take suggestions but there is a drink called wassail it’s more of a fall/winter type drink but it very yummy. It is a ancient English Yuletide drink my family makes it

Ron, you can’t joke about explosives in an SS office. It’s federal property. Like airports, you can’t joke about that stuff. It’s ridiculous, but if you get a security person in a bad mood, look out.

That drink sounds very interesting. Like a mixture of eggnog and apple cider people make in the fall with orange, lemon,.cinnamon and cloves.

I'm going to try the lemonade. Sounds goods. Love your dress. Watch you both all the time. Wish had fireplace to try cooking some of your recipes. Cant wait to see your new house. Love you both.❤❤🍉👏🫶

Enjoyed the video as always. The lemonade sounds 😍

A Christmas drink, like Wassail! Wassail is made with oranges, apples, lemons, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon and simmered in a pot.

Nothing like a Missouri watermelon!😋

Hey at least both of you love each other that’s a plus 💖💖

I'm watching in bed and had to stifle my laughter when you started talking about explosives so I wouldn't wake up my husband. You guys are too funny. I always put salt on my watermelon and cantaloupe. It brings out the flavor. But, due to an illness, I'm on a low sodium diet. Substitute salt just doesnt taste the same. Your watermelon looked delicious.

197 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I add salt and pepper! So good!!! Just some! I love your dress, perfect for making some lemonade.

I amd definitely making this over this weekend. I LOVE lemonade.

Get outta here Justine with your cute little lemonade stand. I’m dead!! I love it!!!

So glad I tuned in! Love you guys too 🙂

When my now husband and I were talking about marriage, I had told him I didn't want him spending a lot of money on an engagement ring :) It's nice to know others are like that as well! I love lemonade so I want to try this recipe!!