Mojo: So, to clarify, the four corners of the man's square are: bull, lion, monkey, and puppy?
As for the garden analogy, chrom, ggb, choc, I get it. I just feel, sometimes, that, as I pull the things I think are weeds, and nurture the things I think are flowers (truly, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference), I look up from my labors and see that I'm the only on in the garden proper. My W walks by from time to time, shaking her head, tsk-tsking, with lots of criticism and few suggestions as to how to make it a better garden. When I ask her to join me, she mutters about how dirty it is, and how I need to do a better job of cultivating BEFORE she'll trudge in.
Bygones.
Now, though, I'm realizing that I've done as much as one person can do, and that any improvement in the garden is only going to happen with the two of us. Instead of responding to her tsk-tsk, I'm telling her I want her to get her azz in here and work with me. She hasn't come in yet, but I can tell she's thinking about it. If she trudges in, I'm prepared to tell her to get out and come back in with a better attitude, because I've put too much work into the meager garden for her to come in here with anything else besides enthusiasm.
