Tuesday, July 11, 2023

things I learn


Things I learn from a seven-year-old:
my sister is just four, and she has only one eye
I'm the one who needs to look out for her

Things I learn from the internet:
When you're a writer you have homework every day
and then you die

Pic: This giant hibiscus L gave me and Big A several wedding anniversaries ago hasn't bloomed in three-four years... But this year, it has been producing blooms profusely. Hallelujah.

7 comments:

Sarah said...

Love the graffiti message, and dang the internet is depressing #somuchhomework

Nicole said...

Ooh a hibiscus!!!
...and then you die - lolololsob

StephLove said...

I love it when plants that seem finished revive. We've had irises do that.

StephLove said...

And even more special since it was an anniversary gift.

NGS said...

That graffiti message is such a burn. Ouch.

maya said...

Sarah, NGS,
I think that's my favorite line of poetry RN. LOL

Nicole, StephLove,
surprise blooms, I'll take them.

StephLove,
There were some yellow irises here the year we moved in, and they never came back again--you give me hope!

Gillian said...

Do you use hibiscus for tea?

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