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In which Mother Nature defeats me
May. 26th, 2015 01:24 pm Further conversation with my son:
Me: I'm going to put up a string of these in the garden arch so the deer won't come in and eat my roses.
Son: Oh, the deer aren't eating the roses! Those are the raccoons. The deer are eating the tall spiky thing outside my window.*
* Turned out to be the lacecap hydrangea.
Why, oh why, must my garden be OUTDOORS and thus have to share the world with its fauna? Answer: Because most of the plants I want to grow aren't miniatures. Also, sunlight. And walking past them on the way to pick up the mail.
A further conversation about the papel picado balloons banners:
Daughter: Oh, those are gorgeous! .... And they'll probably piss off the neighbors!
Me: ... I might have had that in mind.
(The neighbors accused us of lowering their property values when we painted our house bright blue. They interrupted us during dinner to complain, said the same things over and over, and my husband actually had to be brusque in order to close the door.)
Me: I'm going to put up a string of these in the garden arch so the deer won't come in and eat my roses.
Son: Oh, the deer aren't eating the roses! Those are the raccoons. The deer are eating the tall spiky thing outside my window.*
* Turned out to be the lacecap hydrangea.
Why, oh why, must my garden be OUTDOORS and thus have to share the world with its fauna? Answer: Because most of the plants I want to grow aren't miniatures. Also, sunlight. And walking past them on the way to pick up the mail.
A further conversation about the papel picado balloons banners:
Daughter: Oh, those are gorgeous! .... And they'll probably piss off the neighbors!
Me: ... I might have had that in mind.
(The neighbors accused us of lowering their property values when we painted our house bright blue. They interrupted us during dinner to complain, said the same things over and over, and my husband actually had to be brusque in order to close the door.)
