Budding Gardener Pillows

Topiary By Numbers

'Hullo - more blooming immigrants!'

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

I should be a writer when I grow up...

'Hmph. College kids.'

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

'I love your playing....especially when you stop!'

'We use to tiptoe through the tulips. . . now we just waddle through the weeds.'

Rose Garden

Florabation - '..mmm...It must be spring!'

'Can you tell me what I've written? I can't read!'

"I know its hard to believe right now, Lawrence, but some day you'll thank me for asking you to punctuate your sentences correctly."

Building a Shelter

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit, today, sir - a ream of paper and a half-dozen pencils.'

Roses

"Oi - I was pollinating that!!"

'According to this, she began making wine in her laundry room 30 years ago, and now she's moved on to the garage.'

Mum has a bad judgement day - Well OK, you can take it to your room as long as you play it quietly.

"I think this is the perfect place to grow a family."

'For God's sake give me some angst, how will I ever write a misery memoir?'

"You must have a green thumb."

Dig the Garden,"Hey those Geraniums are cool."

"Isn't it obvious? I'm writing the great American graphic novel."

Setting out the bedding plants was one of his few remaining pleasures,

"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."

"Your book stinks—we want to publish it."

Gardener

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

"Ooh, another unsuspecting victim."

Small child checks out a book.

Boy baking a cake.

Gardening new year's plans

'I'm not sure if he plays that loud because he has a good set of lungs or if it's a mean streak in him.'

'I can't find the words to express my anger with you.' - 'She needs a dictionary.'