tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post8751683691668740992..comments2024-03-15T14:47:21.170-04:00Comments on Lemon Gloria: The neighborhood crime reportLemon Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280085058516960260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-49716583636996826302011-06-19T15:26:43.340-04:002011-06-19T15:26:43.340-04:00Jessica - It is pretty funny and unimaginable, isn...Jessica - It is pretty funny and unimaginable, isn't it?<br /><br />She'd totally sacrifice a purse, I'm pretty sure. But she's not a flower stealer.<br /><br />HK - Thanks! :)<br /><br />Susan H - That is really funny. No, Betty's not a threat to swipe anything from any botanical gardens, and I'm quite confident she won't wind up with charges against her. It's just a little snip snip here and there.<br /><br />Hillary - I think taking those random flowers would be totally understandable and fine. I mean, if you could bend down that far. :) Betty most definitely did not take the petunias. I'd have been pretty horrified if she had.<br /><br />Keenie Beanie - That really makes me laugh. So suspicious! Oh, the newspaper deliverer? Oh. Nevermind.<br /><br />J - I would be pissed as well. Someone pulled out several of our boxwoods the weekend we were away. Luckily our neighbors noticed and put them back in the dirt, and they seem to be fine.<br /><br />Moue - Oh, wow. That's just terrible. Expensive, malicious behavior.<br /><br />Yes, cuttings are completely different. Doesn't hurt the plant, and you're making new ones!Lemon Gloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280085058516960260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-62849971096384877642011-06-18T19:28:51.680-04:002011-06-18T19:28:51.680-04:00I don't live in the city. I live in a suburb c...I don't live in the city. I live in a suburb called Thornton which is nor-east of Denver. (North-East, but nor-east to me since I'm from Maine originally). <br /><br />Anyways, we normally have no crime, but lately someone has been going around slashing tires and bashing off side view mirrors. It's a darn shame.<br /><br />We also have the Hank Hill type lawn and home care folks here. Tell your petunia stealer she needs to move over here -- there are some GREAT examples of flora here she could take. :) <br /><br />And yes, cuttings are different. You're not taking a WHOLE plant. You're helping the plant by taking some of its burden away. :) Just tell Nick, it's a horticultural thing. LOL. Maybe that might help??? <br /><br />Good luck!Mouehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15145714514734693982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-2690497301879186692011-06-18T06:16:26.135-04:002011-06-18T06:16:26.135-04:00When I managed a building in Hollywood, I was SUPR...When I managed a building in Hollywood, I was SUPREMELY pissed when the beautiful little coral rosebush I had planted and lovingly tended, went missing. Seriously, I would have chopped a hand off for that theft.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07490109332475074631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-81774273613432136072011-06-17T20:45:18.383-04:002011-06-17T20:45:18.383-04:00In my rural neighborhood, the crime report goes li...In my rural neighborhood, the crime report goes like this... the husband tells me every night for weeks that in the wee small hours of the morning a car drives slowly down the our quite country road, braking at each little homestead. "Definitely somebody up to no good - casing the joint," he says, sagely and with complete confidence in his conclusion.<br /><br />Some weeks later, after a conversation with the neighbors, a mystery was solved. "It's the newspaper delivery," he admitted sheepishly. Diabolical stuff, I tell you!Keenie Beaniehttp://www.keeniebeanie.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-21694598204045800442011-06-17T18:31:08.205-04:002011-06-17T18:31:08.205-04:00Sooo ... I've never had a garden before. And I...Sooo ... I've never had a garden before. And I don't have a garden now. But I do have these big planter-type boxes full of dirt on my patio. And I was thinking that I should put some flowers in them. But I'm a city girl. I don't even know where to buy flowers in non-bouquet form. So I was walking home yesterday and I noticed these adorable little purple flowers growing in the dirt beside the road and honestly, the only thing that kept me from digging them up for my patio planter boxes was the fact that I am hugely pregnant and unable to bend down without assistance. I'm just saying that IF Betty is the petunia thief, I'm sure she had a very good reason. Like, she wanted the damn petunias, NICK.Hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10602816507915795709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-50996982189543082882011-06-17T18:21:36.464-04:002011-06-17T18:21:36.464-04:00You never know... we took my mom to the botanical ...You never know... we took my mom to the botanical gardens out here, and I had to watch her closely the entire time. It probably does start with one cutting and next? Betty might end up with a mugshot and you'll have to post bail.Susan Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-4483557796337501632011-06-17T16:59:21.982-04:002011-06-17T16:59:21.982-04:00I'm with Jessica - love the Betty imagery! -H...I'm with Jessica - love the Betty imagery! -HKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-36976055180697765012011-06-17T16:44:59.158-04:002011-06-17T16:44:59.158-04:00I'm a little in love with the mental image of ...I'm a little in love with the mental image of Betty, dressed like a ninja, making off with a 40-foot oak.<br /><br />Also, I'm pretty sure Betty wouldn't sacrifice her purse for a couple of petunias. Think of the accessories!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838430978051872591noreply@blogger.com