Them neighbor girls helped me clean the lily pool Saturday. Last weekend I offered to dig a flower bed adjacent to the lily pool and get some flowers for them to plant in it for their mom in honor of Mother’s Day. Kari had mentioned to me how she likes looking out Rebecca’s bedroom window and seeing the two goldfish swimming around. Dad built the lily pool for Mom for Mother’s Day when I was about Li’l r’s size. I’ve been working on cleaning it up since the weather warmed and it was beginning to look better. Since A&R were amendable to my scheme, I worked on making a small bed in a low area where there used to be a Russian olive tree back in the day. There was still a little of the rotted stump I had to get rid of. Somewhere along the line my mother put some rocks in that area and I left those. It was a modest bed, less than 3’X4′, but I worked it up pretty good so that by the time Saturday rolled around it was ready for the three plants I bought: a chocolate flower, a butterfly flower and a salvia. All three are low-water types. We each planted one. I went first to show them how it should be done, then they each took their turn. We added a nice piece of flint about the size and shape of a volleyball we filched from a bed next to the house where it couldn’t be seen. Continue reading “Close call” →
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