Tricked by my old neighbor in Misadventures of West Virginia Woman

When I was a kid my old neighbor Dixie rest in peace taught me an important lesson. She always had beautiful flowers. I tried to grown my own to have no luck. I was envious how great she was watering and weeding. I sometimes asked her what I was doing wrong with time I realised I am a plant murderer and gave up. Years later when she got sick she occasionally went out planted more flowers. She rarely worked in her garden yet it looked great.

One day a bad rain storm come in my neighbor Owen told me get the soda cans my dad recycles I walked in yard to discover Dixies pretty flowers knocked over. I went to replant to discover it is plastic flowers! I put it in the ground never told Dixie my discovery but told my mom she laughed. Dixie took her secret to the grave the other neighbors never knew.

Dixie taught me sometimes the grass is greener on the other side because it is fake! I often look at other peoples perfect lives and often wonder if they too are fake.

All I know is I might go plant me a fake flower garden see how long it takes for someone to figure it out. With Dixie’s flowers it took me over 20 years to catch her!