Metaphorically speaking

So we had our big trees trimmed today and I looked in the neighbor’s backyard and it looked like the tree guys had left big limbs over there. So I told my husband who texted the tree guys and I texted the neighbor I was so sorry. He texted back right away that he didn’t know what I was talking about because there were no limbs. So I asked if he had a tree in his backyard and he said yes. So my husband has to text the tree guys back that I made a mistake because I couldn’t see our neighbor’s tree through our forest πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

Forest, tree. 🌱🌿

Kids say the darndest things

Elsa (4.5), Merida (6)

1. What is the coronavirus?

Elsa: a type of sickness

Merida: a sickness

2. Who is the president?

Elsa: mom. Oh I though you were talking about the president of our family.

Merida: Donald Trump

3. How many days have we been in quarantine?

Elsa: about 700

Merida: about nine weeks

4. Do you want to go back to school?

Elsa: nope

Merida: maybe

5. Who is the first person you are going to hug when quarantine is over?

Elsa: mom

Merida: Miss Caley

6. Where is the first place you want to go when quarantine is over?

Elsa: Mr. Brent’s swimming pool

Merida: The park with Miss Caley

7. What do you think we can do to get rid of the coronavirus?

Elsa: grow food and sell it and make people healthy

Merida: stay at home

8. Is mama a good teacher?

Elsa: yes

Merida: yes

9. How did the coronavirus start?

Elsa: with a type of sickness that goes into another type of sickness. That makes it a very bad sickness for everybody.

Merida: in small parts of cities and then it spread as people went out

10. If you had to wear protective clothing to help you, what would it be?

Elsa: sweater, shirt, pants, socks

Merida: nurse clothes

11. Are you enjoying quarantine?

Elsa: I would if we didn’t have go to on so many walks. 

Merida: a little

More urban gardening

At left we have a butterfly bush and at right we have two tomato plants
At left we have another butterfly bush and at right a smattering of mint, ferns, lavender, and rosemary.
And I cleared away the vines.