Marigolds (short story)

What does the narrator mean in paragraph 7 when she says that "these days are ill-defined in my memory, running together and combining like a fresh watercolor painting left out in the rain?" What type of figurative langauge is this? in marigolds

  1. What does the narrator mean in paragraph 7 when she says that "these days are ill-defined in my memory, running together and combining like a fresh watercolor painting left out in the rain?" What type of figurative langauge is this?
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The narrator is using simile to illustrate the fading memories of childhood and how the mind interprets them differently as she gets older.