Afternoon found me wanting a well-deserved break from the thorns. I turned my attention to weeding under the Satsuma trees. These appear to be surviving even with the lack of leaves. The recent cold weather did a job on the citrus trees but perhaps they will sprout new leaves with the warming weather. Under one of the trees there sits a number of Ruby Lilies and Peppermint Lilies. These were given to me by my Aunt Marie when we first moved to the Bayou. I have babied them along for years and the clumps of bulbs have grown large. The original bulbs are sitting in the middle of dozens of smaller bulbs. The smaller ones being about the size of my fist. As I pulled away leaves, weeds and vines, I was amazed at the size of the original bulbs! Those things were the size of my head! Ok, so that was the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw the massive bulb!
At one point, Michael strolled past my work space. He was toting lumber to the backyard where he busies himself with building of the greenhouse. I showed him the bulbs and made the remark about their size. He looked at me with his whimsical smile. I knew some retort was coming about the size of my head. I cringed as I thought of all of the sly remarks he could make. I do set myself up for these things ever so much! Instead of some cutting remark, he merely asked if I was going to crochet hats for the bulbs for next winter's cold. Whew! That was not so bad! In fact.....in fact, perhaps that was not such a bad idea! Bulb Hats! Warm Bulb Hats that would keep the bulbs from freezing! Hmmm...ponder, ponder...Bulb Hats!
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