Charvon And Kernkern…

I thought that 3 year old conversations were the best until Sofia turned 4 and then those ones were pretty entertaining too. I figured that at 5, they would start to taper off but every now and then I’m surprised. Yesterday, while I was working on my taxes (taxes schmaxes!), I had all my papers out in front of me and the bug says, what are you doing dad? I say, taxes. She says why and I try to explain. Then she leaves and later when it’s time for her and mom to go pick up her cousins from school she comes up and says, dad, you’re gonna have to stop your taxis when I leave so I can give you a hug. I say, I’ll be glad to stop but what did you call them? Taxis, she says. No wonder my explanation didn’t make sense. So this morning she’s waking me up too early and she says she wants to have a farm in our back yard. I tell her that there’s not enough sunshine to grow stuff in the back yard and she says, no, a farm with animals… like cows. I say, how many cows do you think we can fit in the back yard (1/8 of an acre, maybe)? She says, well, we could get a lot of them if they’re small ones. I ask how big she’s talking about and she puts her hands apart about 15 inches. I say, what about fish? This leads her to asking if she can have a fish for her birthday. I say the typical father things (can hardly believe they come out of my mouth) like, you have to take care of it all by yourself, I’m not taking care of a fish. Sofia says, I’ll feed it every day. I tell her she has to change the water too and she says she can do that. Then I say, you’ll have to name it. She says, that’ll be easy. Then she starts rattling off names without much thought or any hesitation. I could name it Aristhia. Then, I could name it Charvon. I say, Charvon, that’s a good name… what if it’s a boy? Kernkern. Of course. Then comes Mevey, Ritha and Erfa. Finally, she says how about Shitta? I say, Shitta? She shakes her head as though she heard it first when I said it and says, no, not Shitta. Anyway, my taxis are done and it’s clean the studio day and set up the photo tent. Here’s some pics of the front yard flowers. This azalea will be out in all it’s glory today…

The hydrangea I planted a couple years back is starting to kick some butt…

And here’s one of the bottlebrushes from the bottlebrush buckeye…

I went for a bike ride yesterday and the yellow buckeyes in the park are all blooming… a beautiful sight.

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