Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Lucy After the Frost

~ John W. Howell

“Well, Little One, it sure is a lot warmer this morning.”

“You can say that again. I hate those cold temperatures.”

“Yeah, I do too. I wonder if any plants were hurt with the freeze.”

“Freeze? What do you mean?”

“When the temperature goes below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or zero Celsius, it is called a freeze since that is the temperature that water goes from liquid to solid.”

“Oh, like Frozen the movie. Why are these plants on the porch?”

“Mom pulls them up and covers them. They don’t do well in a freeze.”

“What happens to them?”

“Too cold, and they die. Where you going?”

“I think I left my green stick out here. I hope it didn’t get frozen.”

“Don’t worry about your green stick. It doesn’t get hurt by the freeze.”

“No, wait. I think I left it inside.”

“Well, if you did, then it is safe.”

“I better check and make sure.”

“For heaven’s sake, Twiggy. It’s fine.”

“Where are you going?”

“To check the patio plants.”

‘I want to see them too.”

“What a surprise.”

“Uh oh. Looks like the potato vines took a hit.”

“Lemme ask Dad. Hey Dad, will they come back?”

“Sadly no, Twiggy. But they only live in the summer. So it was time for them to say goodbye.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Well. Let’s see if this will help. All living things have a certain amount of time allocated to them. When that time is finished, they have to move on.”

“What about green stick? How much time do I have with green stick?”

“Almost forever, Little One.”

“I like that.”

 

100 thoughts on “Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Lucy After the Frost”

  11. Always love these two and their exchanges. And Twiggy’s got her priorities straight. As long as her green stick is fine, the potato plant can suffer…

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  15. The potato plant looks a lot like my outdoor plants. 😊 I love the pup exchange and the life lesson. Have a good one, John.

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  16. Next, you’ll have to explain the concept of roller-coaster weather to Twiggy, because it’s on tap for the next little while. At least your cyclamen will like it; they won’t suffer any more than the green stick.

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  24. Good for Twiggy, learning that green stick lasts practically forever! With a hearty chewer like Monkey, it’s not an easy task to find toys that do. Glad your cold weather lasted such a short time — it’s hard on people, plants, and short-haired dogs.

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  27. It was quite a freeze, wasn’t it? We covered some of our cacti, but not all of them, nor any other plants. They should have survived – hopefully.

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  29. They ask such good questions! And yup, those potato vines bit the dust. We are getting ready to plan out what we will plant in our tugs for the spring and summer. Got a few tomatoes and some green peppers last year – we are definitely expanding this year.

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  30. Whew! So relieved about the green stick being inside!
    Do Lucy and Twiggy have little coats for when it gets colder?
    They are sooo cute!
    Okay, I seem to be using the Turtle OS. Time to reboot and take out the garbage!

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  31. They have the coolest dog toys these days. We should know—we’re on a first-name basis with all the people at PetCo.

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    1. The Twiggy and Lucy stories are usually loaded with subtle lessons of life. To know that a loved one would last forever would be a joy for sure. I feel that way about these two. Sadly it is not the way life works. We’ll give Twiggy that gift. Thanks, Audrey.

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