\n And that table has been moved. This other table with all the crap has
\n been cleared out. All the small pots are gone, leaving just a couple
\n essential <\/i> large ones. The grape vine has been cut back and the iron trellis removed.
\n Isn’t it more open now, less hectic?<\/p>\n
Him: Uh-huh, oh, yeah.<\/p>\n
Me: I thought leaving this big table with nothing on it<\/i> would be a nice touch,
\n kind of a departure for me, you know, where we can sit and eat and
\n everything, like al fresco Americans. Everything’s much simpler.<\/p>\n
Him : I miss Mr. Agave.<\/a><\/p>\n Me.: But he was getting too big. He was scaring me! He was all out of scale.<\/p>\n Him: I’m just sayin’.<\/p>\n Me: (reassuringly) He’s right over there.<\/i><\/p>\n Him: He looked better here<\/i> (pointing emphatically)<\/p>\n Me: Well, now there’s that nice pot there.<\/p>\n Him: It’s too gaudy.<\/p>\n Me: That’s the point<\/i>! It is <\/i>gaudy. It’s the focal point.<\/p>\n Him: Okay. (Turns and starts to go back inside.)<\/p>\n Me: But you haven’t seen where I moved the little tables to. Him: You and your sitting areas. But you never sit!<\/p>\n Me: This summer I will so sit!<\/p>\n Me: Come see what I’ve done! Him: (standing on porch, looking blankly at radically transformed garden) Just tell me. Me: You’re kidding, right? Can’t you tell? Him: (squints, nervously shifts weight from one foot to the other.) Me: Well, for … Continue reading ![\"Photobucket\"](\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/feb8table006-1.jpg\")
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\n I cleared all the junk out of the side yard for a sitting area.<\/p>\n![\"Photobucket\"align=left](\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/monfeb8012-1.jpg\")
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