Weeding

Reading about the plans for a White House vegetable garden this morning I was especially amused by this bit,

Almost the entire Obama family, including the president, will pull weeds, “whether they like it or not,” Mrs. Obama said laughing. “Now Grandma, my mom, I don’t know.” Her mother, she said, would probably sit back and say: “Isn’t that lovely. You missed a spot.”

Go First Grandma! Anyway, the thought of the long-legged Obamas all out weeding reminded me of this iconic Angelyn Stevens photo, once blown up to poster size:


And this like-mother-like-daughter Grace Stevens homage: