Logic Has Left The Building

[mama_kestrel]

Dementia (excuse me, "cognitive impairment") has reared its head again. There was a smallish package outside our door yesterday. Addressed to my mother, it proved to contain a teeny tiny lilac bush. This is after surprise packages containing tomatoes, a "scent collection" consisting of rosemary, peppermint and lavender (all of which were already in my garden), a box of astilbe bulbs and a hydrangea bush. There were a some things I wanted to plant this year, but there isn't room for them now, nor energy to plant them if I made room.

Mom has no memory of ordering any of it. None. She in fact insists that she did no such thing. We actually had the following conversation.

Me: Mom, they didn't just send them to you spontaneously.

Mom: They must have - I didn't order anything!

Me: Nobody at QVC (from which all of these were ordered) looked at that and said "Oh, Eleanor would love that - I'll send her a present."

Mom: Well why not? I didn't order it, but I do love it. I should call and thank them. Who did it?

Me: (after metaphorical facepalm) Mom, do you want some lemonade?