Lounging outside on the patio with coats on.
Helen T: Are you going to put it on your head?
Lanci: Maybe.
Paul: Don't do that! It's prickly and itchy.
Lanci: I am surprised mini cactus is still alive. It grew some when replanted into another pot. I don't know if there were 2 cactuses that just died or was part of one. *shrugs her shoulders*
Paul: surviving the cold season, huh?
Helen: I would just dump it and get some new cute potted plants in the spring.
Lanci: Yeah. I should do that. *scratching her forehead*
2 weeks later from lotsa rain...
Lanci: I dumped it into the compost bin.
Helen: That's why we are at Garden Mart. To get some new planted greens and a bag of soil! Well, I need a bag of soil.
Lanci: I poked the guy with a stick. It was still green with its prickles but totally deflated like a lame balloon. It was really soaked and the soil from all the rain. But, I still wonder if the little guy dried up, it would bounce back to fullness.
Helen: You wouldn't want rot or mold to grow on it instead if you had waited. That's not fun to look at.
Lanci: Oh. I didn't think of that.
Paul: Look at my new girlfriend. *he carted a mini palm tree like potted plant* It's a new hybrid and has orange leaves with green leaves.
Helen: *she touched one of the palm tree leaves* Pretty plastic girl.
Lanci: You, Paul—went for fakey plastic??
Paul: Off to the register. *wheeling his cart quickly away*
Lanci: Where are my true loves? *sighing*
Helen: I'm into flings for all seasons but one season at a time. Seasonal flings have to flicker out first before starting another. Also, so easy to muddle up their names with too many. *throwing out a wink*
Lanci: *lol* Let's start at aisle 1, chickie. *grabbing Helen's hand*
*Helen and Lanci separated later on*
Meeting up...
Helen: I stuck with one. This little basil plant.
Lanci: I got a daffodil and tulip in a pot. Special bulbs that blooms in winter so indoors. *picking up a small plant container* This one pink aster. I will keep this inside too.
Helen: You heartbreaker and a cheat!!*elbows Lanci*
Lanci: heartbreakers are already cheats.
Helen: Not the angelic ones. They don't even have to try. Just bat those angelic eyelashes. *whistling*
Paul: I put my plant in your trunk. *he showed up and tossed the car keys to Lanci*
Lanci: Okay
All three go to check out register.
The End