Tyranny of the Flowers
I don't know what I did to offend the pumpkin gods, but they
have banded together and colluded to make my life miserable. I
first suspected this fearful conspiracy after an onslaught of
seemingly unrelated events... an inner ear problem, a hard
drive crash and the rains which just would not stop.
I was unable to till early in the spring because of the mud and
red corn poppies invaded the patch - the plants were four feet
high and had an attitude. When I finally fought back and went
after the poppies - my daughters cursed me and wondered how I
could be so cruel. (daddy you're killing the flowers, how could
you?)
But I knew I was outnumbered and outflanked when I finally
fired up my waterlogged tiller and mangled metal parts started
oozing out of the housing next to the power axle..... Over the
roar of the tiller, I could hear the pumpkin gods laughing at
the hilarious expression on my face.
That was it, really, the last straw. There will be no pumpkins
growing in the Yin and Yang patch this year. I'm throwing in
the towel and ceding control of the patch to the flowers...
http://home.pacbell.net/diana_do/flowers.htm
Even with this dreary turn of events, there is a sparkle of
hope - a secret garden in a place far away, next to quiet creek
- unbeknownst to the meddling pumpkin gods. A dream is
quietly growing there - If you close your eyes, relax, and
breathe softly you can almost feel the promise of something
big, orange and wonderful...
vince
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