Saturday, July 23, 2011

Conversations with Bubba


While watering the plants in the flower beds out front, Harrison and I started up a conversation.


Me: "Oh, Bubba. Did you water the lavender? I can smell it, and it smells nice."


Bubba sticking his head in the lavender bush: "I smell it, too.".


Me: "Here. Take some of the purple pieces off and squish them in your hands. People use the oil from these and make soap and stuff because it smells so nice."


Bubba: "Mom? Did they have soap when you were little?"


Me, dumbfounded: "Uh, yeah."


Bubba: "And did they have lavender that long ago, too?"


Me: "That long ago, huh? Yep, they had lavender, too."


Bubba excitedly: "I didn't know pioneers had soap and lavender!"



And there goes my ego.