Karlene Tanner

I am not sure where to start with my memories about Karlene!! Aside from the possibility that I think there are no photo's of us together as we know that the camera would explode with our combined energy :) I met Karlene at Long Wind Farm and we were trouble makers right from the start! It could be anything. Holding colorfully worded signs up to each other while packing Telling the most outrageous stories - her nursing stories or tales from Grandmother!! Decorating trash bags to wear while cleaning Driving the farm truck over the snowbank while carrying supplies to an upper greenhouse because she could! We ended up losing the load of clips into a partially frozen puddle and had to retrieve them by hand. Laughing hysterically the whole time. By the time the manager realized we were missing we were knee deep trying to rescue what we could while he sat in his warm car shaking his head at us. This is of course the same farm truck that had a hole in the bottom so it was a goal to see if she could splash me while going through the puddles!! I came in late one weekend day to find she had triple stacked boxes of tomatoes EVERYWHERE that I then need to sticker, I did not come in late again :) Crushing my hand in a cart while she ran to save me with Rick. She was always saving us from ourselves!! Dancing and singing the most inappropriate rewritten Christmas songs ever!! ANY rap song - especially Milkshakes and shake your tale feather. Making sure I didn't get swept away into the ocean on one of our trips. Trips that included our shared love of food!! It was awesome to watch folks respond to the request of fried clams at 7:30 am and mac and cheese. So many sunburns on those trips and so many miles walked smelling the beach roses and looking for sand dollars. Naming every single tomato plant while planting one year :) alphabetically. Karlene was in a scooter accident one year right before our cleanout so our General Manager Tome lent her his wife's mobility cart so she could still lead and guide us. It came complete with a backup beep!! NO ORANGE FOOD!! No one can drink a gallon of anything and work nonstop without break like Karlene. Having a Lou's doughnut eating contest for a dollar a doughnut. When she ran out of dollars but could still fit more on board Harg who also worked in the pack shed with us, a lovely quiet man stated to slap dollars down for her to keep going....she won of course. Her humor and her energy will be missed but felt. I KNOW YOU ARE PINCHING ME!!! COME ON!! Karlene gave such healing to my husband Jesse children Gabriella and Simon and myself. Thank you for the black salt talk :) As my family boycotted any fast food, Karlene would "sneak" me hash browns like they were contraband. Hey lady do you want some McDonalds........ Finding the most peace I had felt, at Camp Etna in 2019 while staying with her. Therapy Tuesday's at the farm after work for folks needing some guidance or a good laugh. Connecting us with Dr. Randy!! So many secrets............ inappropriate secrets............... So many rocks in the bras... Just remember to take them out befor the bra comes off! Watching or ogling the *on no wait* I cannot tell that one We could not sit next to each other during any meetings or trainings as she could quickly get me laughing uncontrollability. Karlene had a way about her that she could speak so quietly so only I could hear her, I just could not ever hold it together. Queen Dasani and Princess Aquafina! YOU WILL ALWAYS be my QUEEN!! I will write more later :)