"Don't you want to use a rake?" James asks me quite often whenever I'm weeding by hand.
"Nope," I reply as I continue to pull henbit, chickweed and bedstraw. "I want to see what I'm pulling."
Yesterday, I was QUITE surprised when I pulled away dying henbit and chickweed and found THIS in a backyard bed. A bluebonnet! Wowzer!
After supper, James ambled up while I was working.
"So, what do you think THAT is?" I stood up and pointed to the plant I'd just found.
"Hmmm," he thought. Then he shrugged.
"A BLUEBONNET!" I exclaimed. "That's exactly why I don't want to use a rake!"
Humbly, James smiled. "Well, that's pretty cool," he said.
UPDATE MARCH 18, 2024 Alas, the stem broke off at the ground soon after our bluebonnet bloomed. I put the flower in a little vase on our dining room table. I am sad.
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