Brown Thumb: (noun)
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Definition: Lack of skills at growing plants; something possessed by a poor gardener.
Used in a sentence: I have a terrible brown thumb. I could probably kill silk flowers.
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Brown thumb images: see An Enchanted Cottage's 1/29/2010 blog post
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We won't even get into the layer of dust on the ceramic bird or the dead leaves all over the battenburg table runner. Wait a minute... do I still see hints of green in there? Let's see if I can bring these babies back to life (running to get the watering can).
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While taking photos of the "brown thumb" gang, the bluejays kept a vigil on the deck, waiting for peanuts (it is bitter, bitter cold in Massachusetts today)... So I tossed out several handfuls of peanuts to the birds and squirrels and then stepped back and took this photo of the first bluejay that swooped down to grab a treat as reflected in the family room mirror. (Ignore the wayward peanut that rolled under the carpenter's bench.) I didn't even notice it until I up?/down?loaded the photos onto my computer. It has now been tossed out on the deck as well...
I hope you're all staying warm (at least in our area where we're experiencing the coldest weather of the winter season)...
Donna