At the end of the day, leftover dishwater always watered the flowers.
Always at the end of the day, though, because to water flowers in the morning was wasted effort. All the water would evaporate before it got to the roots, she said, so we always watered at night. Plus Ninna said it was the roots that needed the water, the leaves got enough from the early morning dew. We had a lot of early morning dew in the mountains, Shoe. Remember?
And I'm still doing the same thing, watering at night. It's been very windy here, warm but windy. So even if it's only April, I'm already watering. I gave that old enameled pan to my aunt after Ninna passed. I wish I'd kept it, but my aunt was Ninna's daughter after all and she wanted it.
Thanks Shoe. You are right about the detergents.
