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I had a similar experience while visiting my parents recently. Sitting at the kitchen table my mom mentioned they had a small weed problem, and my initial react
by ALittleLight 7y ago
I had a similar experience while visiting my parents recently. Sitting at the kitchen table my mom mentioned they had a small weed problem, and my initial reaction was "No, your yard is fine" because I hadn't noticed any weeds.
After saying that though, I went and walked around their yard and noticed many details I never had before. There were multiple broadleaf weeds including different phases of dandelion and some weeds I couldn't name. There were patches of bare ground and areas where the grass was unusually thick. I saw different kinds of sprinklers and also startled a rabbit while I was walking around.
I was struck, while investigating the lawn, by how before I looked at it, it existed only as a simple object in my mind "Parent's lawn". On closer inspection it has an immense amount of detail.
- anhldbk 7y agoActually you only see what you wanna see, right?
- cercatrova 7y agoMaybe it wasn't a small problem with weeds so much as a problem with small weeds (which you didn't see until walking around ;) )
- phyzome 7y agoThis also probably implies that they are the only ones who notice the "problem" with their lawn. :-)
- thepete2 7y ago"No, your yard is find ... oh, that kind of weed ..." is what I was expecting