I took the camera out to photograph my plants--just so I have a record they were alive before they all die. In the process, I gathered a few more pictures.
Going from the top left and reading like we are supposed to (l-r):
1. My peppermint plant coming back to life. It was knocked over out of its pot by vandals and its roots spent the day drying out. I have cut it done considerably and am now doing daily motivational speeches for it. It's slowly coming back--which makes me very happy.
2. My jade and I have had a long and troubled life together. I am excited to see it growing. The orange dust is cayenne that I sprinkled on it to keep Audrey from snacking.
3. The flowering catalpa that has yet to sprout. It's from our wedding. Ryan's has already sprouted so that made us really excited to try ours out. Hopefully, we'll have a baby tree soon.
4. Aloe. I have almost killed it three times. I don't know why it just doesn't give in. I am horrible to it. I don't mean to be but it just happens. I finally bought the appropriate soil for succulents and mr. aloe is now, oh, cool.
5. The last rose from my bouquet. I had such a hard time getting rid of the bouquet. --it was turning yellow and brown but I wanted it to live forever. Finally, I pulled one rose out of it and Patrick put the rest down the garbage chute. I am trying to dry it out--if Salinger doesn't get to it first.
6.Audrey! Audrey's tongue! I can't believe I got this shot.
7. Petunia drying out from the flood. I love the feeling of petunia petals. I think I really like the word, "petunia".
8. A plant given to me by Marion that is slowly coming to life after living with me for 7 months. I think Audrey gets into it occasionally. I sprinkled it with cayenne too, but perhaps she likes her salads spicy.
9. A baby spider plant. With nibble marks. But it's growing and it makes me happy to see fresh shoots.
10. Patrick's godzilla. Still guarding our window. Now he hangs out with this cool lamp and the chimes we got as a wedding present. It's an eccletic mix. He's all GRRRR and the chimes are chimey.
11. Keeping ties with Boston. Go Sox.
12. Keeping ties with old friends. This was a gift from Wolfson's sister for all the work we did helping him help her for her wedding. I love the mouth. It can hold a lot of bottle tops.
13. Patrick's baseball card. So damn cute. He was a catcher.
14. The cover of one of my favorite books for kids. BOW WOW BUGS A BUG. It's totally trippy and there are no words. The story is told thru pictures--so it's a graphic novel for kids. Ellen in kids thinks it's too old to be downstairs. I think we should bring it upstairs for other adults who love what looks like a drug induced story.
15. Gus gave me a smile. I am using it.
16. Our installation piece. Flowers in our wall.
17. Salinger staying still for .2 seconds.
18. My marigolds and rhododendron. We bought the rhododendron in Chelsea's memory. I thought I killed it, which killed me, thinking it's not good to ruin things that are in memoriam. I talked to Garden District dude and he said, take it outside. It worked. I got green leaves!
19. My citronella geranium. It's supposed to spook mosquitoes. It's not really working because the smell comes when you rub the leaves. Mosquitoes just don't rub the leaves and instead hang out in the soil.
20. Salad! Mesclun from my garden. I am going to eat it in a bit. More of a symbolic salad than a real salad. I hope it's still tasty.
21. My cousin Andrew and me dancing with his daughter. Cuteness incarnate. She had so much energy.
22-25 are repeats.
1 comment:
haha you know what's funny??? Jim has a little godzilla too, but it's WEARING the exact same little plastic Red Sox cap! And I think we got them at the same game too =)
We saw the Red Sox vs. A's at a couple games last week. The tickets were so much cheaper & easier to get =). Too bad they lost...
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