Sunday, August 17, 2008

Bumper Crop

Evil WeedThanks to my tireless research last fall, I was able to pinpoint the source of the burrs all through Pappy's fur each time we would go out on a walk. Now that I am familiar with the evil weed, I can't help but notice that this summer there is a bumper crop growing along either side of the creek path. We're talking a gauntlet of six foot plants all along the route Pappy and I walk at least twice a day. And Pappy is every bit as captivated by them now as then, burrowing deep into the plants each time we pass-- thankfully the flowers haven't yet burr-ified.

It could be my imagination, but it seems like the plants are thickest in all the spots where I would stop to pick the burrs out of Pappy's face. Pappy and I might be the ideal distribution system for seeds.

4 comments:

Jackson's J1 and J2 said...

Hehehe, we hate burrs too! Jx

THE SANDY DOG BAKERY said...

burrs.....yuck! glad you found the cause!

William Tell said...

My wiry hair makes it easy to comb those burrs out, but we still don't like them much. They poke.

William Tell

Murphey said...

I hate those nasty burrs! we still haven't figured out which plants they are, but once we do we are gonna try to stay away.

Murph