August 20 Valley Life column

August 20 Valley Life column
"You're killing the pretty flowers," my grandson Dante says as he watches me snip marguerite daisies.

Not quite 4, everything is new to Dante here on the acreage we call Pauly's Folly -- the flowers, the horses, the rock chuck crouching beside the tall grass. Still 3 years old, he doesn't understand about cycles or that deadheading flowers extends summer bloom. All he knows is I'm killing the flowers.

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