Out In The Sun Too Long

I just had the weirdest dream. I dreamt the cast from the Wizard of Oz was running amuck in my ‘Garden of Weedin'.

Do you want to hear about it? Ok, get comfortable… Here goes.

I was walking back to my garden to do a little weeding when I came across The Cowardly Lion. He was standing in a field of dandelions frantically crying "pullem up…pullem up!" I told him I had a fancy tool that pull up dandelions by their root in the shed and I would gladly get it for him.

On the way to the shed I found Glenda, the Good Witch of the North, standing over my herb garden trying to decide if the caterpillar munching away on the parsley was a garden pest or a future butterfly. She kept asking it, "Are you a good worm or a bad worm?" I had a Farmer's Guide to Garden Pests book inside the house and offered to go and get it for her just as soon as I got the tool for the Cowardly Lion.

I continued on with my quest to get the dandelion tool when I saw The Scarecrow sitting on my back steps. He was soulfully singing, "I could do a lotta prunin', some cuttin' and dead headin' if I could only find my shears."

Just then The Tin Woodsman called out, "Oil can…oil can! I found your garden shears Scarecrow. You left them out in the rain again."

I told them about The Cowardly Lion's dilemma and they offer to take the dandelion tool over to him and give him a little help. I got the gardening book and gave it to Glenda. She said she could handle things from here and to go back to what I was doing. So off to my veggie garden I went.

To my horror, I found The Wicked Witch of the West gobbling up everything in sight. She kept cackling, "I'm gonna pick you my pretty and eatch too!"

I called to Dorothy for help, but she just stood there holding her little dog and crying, "Toto, I don't think we're gonna be cannin' anymore."

The next thing I knew, my little munchkins were calling for me. It was time for me to get up and make breakfast.

I guess my mother wasn't kidding when she told me to always wear a hat when you're out in the sun.

Before I go I'd like to leave you with a little piece of advice.... when life gets you down remember… there's no place like a garden…there's no place like a garden…there's no place like a garden.