{"id":98552,"date":"2026-08-08T09:06:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=98552"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:33:34","slug":"it-is-saturday-and-we-are-at-work-bright-and-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=98552","title":{"rendered":"It Is Saturday And We Are At Work Bright And Early."},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s 9:00 am, and we are outside working our little fingers to the bone!<\/p>\n

I marched into the veggie garden at dawn (OK, 9 am) carrying a zucchini seedling like it was a royal baby.\u00a0 Mary, meanwhile, stood beside her rose bushes with pruning shears, a leopard sunhat, and the expression of a woman prepared to negotiate with thorns.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“We have until the thermometer hits ninety-two,” I announced.\u00a0 “After that, we could turn into soup.”<\/span><\/p>\n

I dug furiously.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the garden hose had opinions.\u00a0 It whipped around, sprayed my socks, slapped a tomato cage, and knocked my seedling sideways”<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cMutiny!” I shouted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary clipped calmly and said, “Try reasoning with it!\u00a0 \u00a0You reason with the toaster.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“That toaster respects me,” I replied!<\/span><\/p>\n

At eighty-eight degrees, I finally planted the zucchini, patted the soil, and whispered, “Grow large, my green torpedo.”<\/span><\/p>\n

A bumblebee landed on Mary’s hat.\u00a0 She froze.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Don’t move,” I said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bee inspected her fake sunflower, judged it unworthy, and flew away.\u00a0 Mary resumed trimming, but one thorn grabbed her sleeve.\u00a0 She yanked free, stumbled backward, and sat directly in her wheelbarrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

I stared.\u00a0 Mary stared.\u00a0 The zucchini, newly planted, seemed to stare.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then the thermometer clicked to ninety-two.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Inside,” Mary declared, water dripping from her shorts.\u00a0 “Immediately.”<\/span><\/p>\n

I saluted the zucchini.\u00a0 \u201cHold the fort.”<\/span><\/p>\n

As we fled toward iced tea, the hose gave one final heroic twitch and watered the roses perfectly.<\/span><\/p>\n

We were back inside at 10:14 am, door shut and AC on full blast!<\/p>\n

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