You know the definition of a weed?

"You know the definition of a weed? Anything growing where you don't want it."
--Wisdom of my elder bro L, decades ago

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Since I'm here...

A Houseplant Report

Son started an avocado before he moved away. It was stuck in the dark, untended, for many weeks when I rescued it, somehow still with a couple of not-dead leaves. It's doing well, has many healthy leaves now, just started sending up new leaves for May. Needs repotting, now that it's stronger. A little stunted, perhaps; a cruelly-created dwarf? Or it may start normal growth. We'll see.

Any old Mad fans who recall the gangly potted plant that occasionally cropped up anywhere in the magazine, that's what it looks like, hence the name, Arthur.