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Gardening

spinbaby

(15,259 posts) Sun May 19, 2019, 02:22 PM May 2019

So my son asked me...

This morning, my son—a perfectly intelligent adult—asked me when I would be done with the garden. After I was done laughing, I explained that, like child rearing, gardening is never done.

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So my son asked me... (Original Post) spinbaby May 2019 OP

LOL. How true. Ohiogal May 2019 #1

Can relate Thyla May 2019 #2

Lol! happybird May 2019 #3

This is me in spring. snacker May 2019 #4

ROFL femmocrat May 2019 #6

Plants are like chocolate Bayard May 2019 #5

Ohiogal

(36,082 posts)

1. LOL. How true.

Reply to spinbaby (Original post)

Sun May 19, 2019, 02:27 PM

May 2019

Reminds me of an old Phyllis Diller Line...

“Cleaning your house when your kids are still growing

Is like shoveling snow, before it stops snowing.”

Thyla

(791 posts)

2. Can relate

Reply to spinbaby (Original post)

Sun May 19, 2019, 02:35 PM

May 2019

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happybird

(5,357 posts)

3. Lol!

Reply to Thyla (Reply #2)

Sun May 19, 2019, 02:43 PM

May 2019

Pretty sure I've had this exact conversation with the hubs.

snacker

(3,638 posts)

4. This is me in spring.

Reply to Thyla (Reply #2)

Sun May 19, 2019, 03:09 PM

May 2019

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

6. ROFL

Reply to Thyla (Reply #2)

Tue May 21, 2019, 11:44 AM

May 2019

(That could be me.)

Bayard

(24,360 posts)

5. Plants are like chocolate

Reply to spinbaby (Original post)

Sun May 19, 2019, 04:52 PM

May 2019

You can never have too many!

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