Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for April 26, 2015

Not if you don’t break apart each little plant’s root ball. I learned that the tough way.

I thought she was going to name it George.

But they need the individual attention. I mean, what if your mother only spoke to you and your siblings en masse?

my mom used to yell at all of us at one time and go through the entire list of names and actually combine some, like Bobby Lynn and Billy Ray became Bailey Ray…..still makes me laugh…

When I was a child if my mother called me by my nickname, I was golden. If I got my full first name, I was OK, if I got my first and middle names I was in trouble and if I got all three, I hid!

Different strokes for different folks. Leave her to enjoy her planting!

Janis has a green tongue.

What’s wrong Arlo? Knees starting to ache?

My mom would go thru all the names, searching for the right one, then start laughing. That’s when we knew the crisis was over…

She should plant them farther apart if they are going to get that big.

My mom could never start with the right name. Even when she wasn’t mad my name was muh-johnny, and my brother was juh-mikey.

The blessing of the flat, quite traditional.

“Water”…..not in California!

@p51strega

Took me a minute to get it but that’s a good one!

When one of them misbehaved (I had two daughters), I’d automatically yell at the wrong one first, then the right one. Once I got so excited, I included both daughters, my husband, and the cat.

When I plant my annuals, I give them a drink of water and tell them, “grow, baby, grow.” Works for me.I had no siblings. My mother was known to call me the dog’s name.

ssyrie: me, too!