Dad gave my mom the nickname Blossom a long time ago. Her thumb is very green when it isn’t tinted orange from self-tanner lotion. Go ahead and ask her about that incident.
While Bob and I were in Hawaii, mom flew in to watch the fur babies and I left her a list of chores. Her big task was to make the gardens look prettier! A bunch of flowers were already in place, but there were a lot of weeds that needed to be cleared out. Mom had 5 garbage bags full of weeds and didn’t even get to finish every garden.
She raved about O’Tools Garden Center and bought me some hydrangeas, black-eyed Susans and some other plants I can’t think of right now.
The day after I got back from Hawaii she wanted to go back to O’Tools Garden Center with me. The main reason: free hot dogs, apple pie and baby llamas to pet. They were holding some 4th of July sale and turned it into a mini-festival. They had us at “free food”.
I picked out some planter boxes, New Guinea Impatients and Gerber Daisies to put along the front steps. The next morning my mom and her friend Karen were up at 6:30am planting in my boxes.
After working in the gardens mom would take a break from the heat and enjoy a Carona. Of course Paco McTaco Grande loves Mexican beer.
