Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for October 10, 2021

It seems that Little Rosie was more concerned about the fun than the science…

That is scientifically childish… and lovely!

Reality is trumped by fun.

Go to it you two!!!

Invite Red and Rover!

Where I live, it rains when the leaves change color and fall. And jumping into a pile of wet, soggy leaves is not a fun thing to do.

A hundred miles or two to the north and east of me are aspen trees with their white bark. When the turn, all the leaves go gold; none of this pink and red and orange foolishness, just whole mountainsides suddenly the color of saffron. The leaves have probably fallen by now, but about three weeks ago it would have been glorious.

Jimbo left out the part of abscission.

Here in north Texas, the majority of our trees go from green to brown. I haven’t seen any true fall colors since we moved from Denver.

We had an unusually hot and dry summer in Michigan. The two maples in my front yard usually provide a combined spectacular color display but are so different this year. One got only occasional rain water and what its roots could extract from the nearby flower beds. The birdbath and some flowers are at the base of the other tree, which is now way ahead in leaf color and brilliance.

That’s a good way to break a hip.

Sometimes knowing the why and the How kills the beauty and the magic. I never watch the how they did it scenes in movies and it totally ruined Spiderman for me when the actor opened the movie in his British accent welcoming us to the theatre.

Is Jimbo guilty of Mansplaining?

I do indeed love seeing Li’l Rosie and Li’l Jimbo having fun!

See Science can be fun.

Jimbo Loves it when Rose goes Childish.

What’s “OTHE COLORS”? Somebody forgot the “R”!

The science lecture can wait till the two adult kiddies can have their fill of fun.

Ick – bugs and other icky things in those leaves.

“Do you have any questions, Rose?” “Yeah, are you prepared to sleep on the couch tonight, you condescending mansplainer?”

The OTHER colors

Despite his fear of fractions and love for comic books, Jimbo is clearly an intelligent and educated man.