Mrrzy, just to add to kat's remarks, this was started just for the heck of it, and it has always been a mix of interesting quotes people find, and since I am an environmentalist I started putting some of my nature diary here, and no one really objected, and so it goes. People sometimes add their own, start the thread for the day, etc., respond. I have recently been so busy that I have been only able to do them at all 2 or 3 times a week, so I have been letting down the side! The more thoughts the better.... I am somewhat amazed to find that I have posted nearly 200 of these!
Anyway, concerning my friend, I have been reluctant to interpret her refusal to garden this year: I think there are bits of both of your interpretations, Little Neo and kat, going on. And more, of course: very tangled.
yours, Peter T.