We Shall Rise!

 

Nothing Says Love Like Two Adorable Kitties!

 Freya and Luna say Happy Valentine's Day!

I Need This

I know. It's not a jar. It's a crock. That small detail does not stop me from wanting it. At times I come up with a pretty good string of profanity myself. Carry on with your day.

 

More Bloomin' News

This succulent I think is called Echeveria. It lives in the room next to the bathroom containing the wildly blooming hoya, also known as the guest bedroom. There is a large south-facing window there and this plant shares the windowsill with two other plants. As you can see, this one is also blooming. There is a third proto-bloom almost ready to poke up out of the middle and show its face. I'm sort of wishing that the fairy castle is next to bloom. We shall see.

My Magical Plant, Part Deu

I just did the math. And I am astonished at how long I have kept this plant and its various descendants alive. We're closing in on fifty years, children. After the most recent move I think I have found the ultimate happy place for a hoya.

Trust that I am just as surprised as you to discover that the happy spot is in my son's bathroom. Maybe it's the skylight. Perhaps the steamy atmosphere. Currently there are a dozen blooming spurs in various stages of flowering. From tight little buds to gloriously open, sweet smelling, umbrella shaped bouquets... 

...trailing down on both sides of the cabinet. I have never had one of these plants set buds in January and then bloom this time of year. Up until now blooming season was March-September. This is a good surprise. Spring can't be too far off.