That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 15, 2023

“Today, I’ll teach you how to pick flowers. Tomorrow, I’ll teach you how to make the dead ones look alive.”

“I’ll leave you here and I’m taking these flowers home with me now. If you find your way back home before these flower die, I’ll give you extra credit.”

/// While they’re out Picking Flowers in May,

Mattie shows her young sister the way

to create a bouquet

for the wedding today:

Her “best friend” to her ex-fiancé.

/// To show all that she bears no ill feeling,

the bright blooms which she picks are appealing,

and arranged with great care

so the bride’s not aware

of the fresh poison oak they’re concealing.

Make sure you pick a good off-ramp for selling these Gerta!

Is this where daddy went fishing and never came back?

The blooms are so fragrant and pretty

That neither young woman figgers

The patch where they’re then standing

Is crawling with legions of chiggers.

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And later when red bumps appear

And they’re itching like crazy,

They might pluck a few flowers

And rub in some petals of daisy.

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Lavender sprigs can give soothing relief.

Besides their smelling so nice

Some swelling they do lessen

In immediate absence of ice.

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And, Ladies — beware the sting of some bee,

As often is said, “The bee stings are free.”

Better watch out. She could be a plant.

There’s a place not far from me with a very similar view……except for the three feet of snow on the ground. Spring is still a ways off, but maybe by the time the snow has melted Ishmael will have learned his lesson and be allowed back into the fold./s Hope he is doing well.

They might look like weeds to you, but to me they look like money.

Showing little Sis how to collect the right combination of monkshood, dogbane, delphiniums, belladonna, and gloriosa surperba for getting rid of pesky boyfriends and nosey neighbors.

Original title: Harvesting the Poppies

our Canadian money is plastic and washes and dries very nicely.

“Congratulations. You somehow managed to pick one of each of the ugliest flowers on the lot.”

Younger sister being taught how to disguise the opium poppies.

Girl: Pick flowers is not my thing. I like picking out boys!

“Pretty soon your father will build a huge coal-smoke belching factory here! The natural slope to the river below will help rid the factory of the waste products it produces and we’ll live in a big, fine, house over the hill! Let us help him by ridding this field of these flowers!”

“These are Mums”

“I’m sure she’ll love them.”

“Who’ll love them?”

“Mum.”

“No, these are…never mind.”

“In a couple of years dear sister, I’ll show you which plant to dry and smoke.”

Not bad. Bring your own soap.

Well, I’ve worked for the Trump Organization since I was six…

Picking Flowers: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Paintings by Daniel Ridgway Knight" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string 1.53, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3097 (March 15, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 7 works by this artist have been used here, the November 14, 2014, strip bring the prior, the last of 6 by him shown in 9 days here, 1 of 4 not currently in the blog. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.

I find with these new polymer bills, you don’t have to launder the so much as just wipe them down with a spray of Lysol and a soft cloth.

He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, he loves me not. Darn, I’ll have to find another one and try again.