Reported conversations No. 15 : flora or fauna?

Bright sunshine again, but there's a fairly determined cool wind blowing. Could mean a change coming. Let's hope not. I like having the windows and doors open in October! And s*d worrying about global warming...

Planting tulip bulbs the other day, with B. an able little helper, dibber in one hand, bulb in the other.

Mama : So now we make a hole with the dibber...
B : (makes the hole) There you go!
Mama : ... and we put the bulb in with his nose pointing towards the sky...
B : (puts the bulb in the hole) There you go!
Mama : ... now we cover him up gently, tuck him up in his bed...
B : (pushes the soil over the hole) Cover him up!
Mama : ... just like Mama puts B to bed and tucks her in...
B : (stops what she's doing and looks up) Mama, I don't want to go to bed!
Mama : Well, if you don't sleep properly you won't grow.
B : But Mama, I don't want to grow up to be a flower, I want to grow up to be a little girl!