the importance of words and charades!

There comes a time in your life when the playing of verbal charades 

takes up an overwhelming amount of  time each day

Take today for example.

We are cooking for a party on Saturday 

 chatting as we chopped and rolled, stuffed and .......?

Gardening was the subject

Marg said " what are you going to plant along the path?"

Me.." you know the purple smelly thing"

Marg: "no which purple smelly thing, good or bad smell?'

Me: "the one you put under your pillow, you know the one that always reminds you of your Grandmother!...you know it's a colour!"

Marg: "Oh you think Lavender will be alright there?

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I thought you wanted pink?"

Me: "No the pink is going to go down the eastern side where its a bit cooler."

Marg: " what are you putting there?"

Me: "the mixed pink things that look like roses"

Marg: "Peonies don't grow here"

Me: "no not peonies,

 the bulbs that come in all different colors...

but I only want the pink ones"

some moments of quiet reflection 

while everyone tries to work out bulbs in different colours 

Tulips? no, look like roses...Ohhh, they've got it....

RANUNCULUS

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The conversation did one of those amazing right hand turns

 that you get when a group of women are working together 

and suddenly we were talking about

 what to put on the square white platter for that little special something.

After several suggestions

Me: "how about the red seeds just scattered on the edges?

 The colour looks fabulous against the white"

HERE WE GO AGAIN...

"What red seed?"

"the fruit that starts with P"

"Persimmon?" 

"No"

"Passionfruit?"

"They're yellow! The RED ones. You know with the horrible pith."

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This is truly ridiculous 

I can't find the word again

 but I had to have it to find the photo...Didn't I?

Well... actually I have discovered 

that if I type in fruit with red seed Google comes up with 

POMEGRANATE

WORDS...WORDS....WORDS

COMMON EVERYDAY WORDS 

JUST TOTALLY DISAPPEARING

and BAKED is the word I couldn't find at the beginning.

I NEED TO DEFRAG MY MIND.

goodnight