memelaina | The Mother's Day Competition

Continuing the saga of Mother's Day.... You all will remember that in the last chapter of our story I received a boxed plant and since it came from Chicago I thought it might be from my son Valentine, but it ended up being a gardinia from my daughter Megan. Well today a box arrived on the front porch from Star Nurseries in Louisiana. Who do I know in Louisiana? And it was almost too heavy for Kent to lift. We managed to cut the box off and unwrap all the paper surrounding... wait for it... a KUMQUAT tree. From Val. With a special sheaf of instructions ("DO NOT PLANT WHERE THERE MIGHT BE FROST.") and a special State of Louisiana permit allowing me to grow this genuine imported citrus tree but not to export it to Florida, Arizona, or California. Wow! Now Kent says I have to move the furniture out of the solarium and get a REALLY big pot. Thank you, Valentine. And John, please, pretty please, let's not make this a contest. Okay?

Followed by this comment from son John: "Too late."