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| Turns out daffodils and blue muscari are top of the list for the Gardening Nephews. I try to explain how they are bulbs and will have to be planted in the late fall. " In winter?' they are incredulous. "No, fall," I repeat. "Aunt 'Chelle, what is this fall? We have summer and winter!" Hmmm... a bit of wisdom there, I think. |
There are days when I am finally feeling more like the normal me. Up the stairs and walking around the rambling historic home my nephews are calling home, I can keep up going down the stairs; going up, my nephews are waiting for me at the top, even the next to youngest.
The boys know spring (AKA warm weather) is coming, The topic turned to gardening initiated by the twin I think of as the "lead" gardener among them.
"Aunt 'Chelle, we need to talk about our garden this year," he states in a very serious tone. "It needs to be smaller."
"Yes, smaller, " the other twin chimes in, "so we can weed it! Our sweet corn did not turn out so good."
"It needs to be gooder," lead twin adds.
"Better..." I correct.
"I don't know where you learned 'better'. Here 'gooder' is a word," lead twin, 5, admonishes me.
(Sounds like something his Papa decreed.)
