Stream of Consciousness Saturday #SoCS prompt for this week is ‘puzzle’. Use it any way you’d like.
I used to look at monkey puzzle trees in stranger’s gardens and thought how beautiful they looked. I wanted one. I used to say that when I’d have my own garden, I’d plant a monkey puzzle tree.
I never did. Do you know why? Because foolishly I allowed myself to be influenced by someone else’s opinion—that the monkey puzzle tree is ugly!
I was an awful eejit!
Yes, I could plant one now if I wanted to, but our garden where we live now is quite small. I wonder if there’s such thing as a miniature monkey puzzle tree.
Holy guacamole…..I’ve just discovered that I’ve been spelling miniature wrong all these years. I thought it was minature! Well, now I’m puzzled as to how I didn’t know this before now! Obviously, it’s not a word I’ve used too often (if ever) in my writing because my spell checker would have flagged it. The dunce’s corner for me today!
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I have never heard of a monkey puzzle tree! Looks like evergreen tree – had to look up and yes it is. My spelling is atrocious. If not for spell check I would have spelt that wrong.
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Yes, a bit like a Christmas tree. But I don’t think they’d be suitable as a Christmas tree. Too big for my garden so I’d struggle to get one into my living room! 😄
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I’ve been spelling miniature wrong all my life too – I spelt it minature too! You learn something new everyday! I’ve also never heard of monkey puzzle trees. They look like Christmas trees but definitely would be too large and overpowering for my garden!
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Yes, much too big. And it seems that there’s no such thing as miniature ones either. 😑
Thanks Lucy!
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Class Gloria 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Thanks Bridie! 😉
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