I am a most reluctant gardener, so I knew I’d never have a green thumb. Plants see me coming and cower in fear. What on earth do you suppose a purple thumb means?
A Purple Thumb??
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I am a most reluctant gardener, so I knew I’d never have a green thumb. Plants see me coming and cower in fear. What on earth do you suppose a purple thumb means?
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I’m kind of intrigued as to why the top of the thumb and pointer are not purple. Wild!
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I think the reason two tips were not purple is totally silly. The gardening gloves had material in those spots for using a touch screen. I may not be a good gardener, but my hands are totally engaged in pulling weeds, not texting.
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Leaky weeds ?
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Leaky weeds — good one! I wish I had leeks in the garden, but bleeding heart plants would be more like it. The gardening gloves bled on my hands.
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That’s strange! What in the world? Plants cower in few when they see me coming, too!
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Gardening gloves bled when I pulled wet weeds.
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Are you sure it’s not your blue blood leaking through the plaster?
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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I’m sure it wasn’t blue blood, because I’m positive my blood is quite common — type O positive.
xxx Leaky Hugs with room to escape xxx
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Oh my…I have been thinking about you and wondering if you know the family of thee young man who was a hero at NC?
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No, we don’t know that family. I saw a video of the hearse in Waynesville. We live about five miles outside the city limits and know few people there. We go to church in Asheville and are making friends there. Grandson David works at Burger King, and he now recognizes people on the street who eat there.
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Plants do so much better with a dirty hand.
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It’s too early for berries. Interesting …
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I hadn’t thought of berries. Won’t be long until strawberries are here, but not in our garden.
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What in the world have you gotten into? Nice photo. Lovely shade of purple.
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The gardening gloves bled. Maybe the gloves felt sorry for the death of so many weeds.
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Ah-ha! I couldn’t imagine how that happened, but makes perfect sense now.
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Weeeell, ya’ know Octopuses spray ink when they’re frightened. Could it be?
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Maybe our weeds are similar to octopuses. The weeds seem to have tenacious roots that spread everywhere.
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Very weird!
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Very weed, actually. I was pulling wet weeds with new gardening gloves. Gardening has finally put its mark on me.
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Hmmm….I wonder what weed gives off that color stem juice. That’s never happened to me…yet. Especially with gloves on.
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The dye in the gloves was staining my hands. I’ve got it again this morning, and even washing dishes hasn’t gotten rid of it yet.
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Ah, glove dye. Now that makes more sense.
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I’d be furious if I purchased a pair of gardening gloves that bled. I’m amazed that you were able to keep your sense of humor.
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The gloves were cheap, and they fit my small hand perfectly. I shall continue to wear them, for I won’t die from the dye. Hope no one dies laughing at me and my purple hands.
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Even my plastic plants die!
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That is pitiful, Dor, but it gave me a big laugh.
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whatever you touched combined to produce this colour change I bet. You also may of had something on your hand that reacted with something found on one of the weeds you pulled?
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I think my purple thumb came from dye bleeding from new gardening gloves. I would like to be marked as a real gardener, but a useless purple thumb is all I got.
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that does make sense Anne! Maybe like Judo has different coloured belts,gardeners have different colours with green being the highest award you can achieve!
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I love your idea of colored thumbs for gardening merit. Believe me, a purple thumb should not be a coveted level!
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and If you injury yourself while gardening you can get a Purple Heart!
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I like your thinking. I can see the headline. “Woman Awarded Purple Heart for Clumsiness”
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for committing Weedcide!
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We’d approve.
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you mean We’ed approve
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Yes! That’s the right way to put it.
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