Showing posts with label plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plants. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 17, 2012



bits & bobs

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Bits and pieces of my apartment.  I don't think I will ever stop adding things.  On my nightstand, I have a bunch of fake peonies.  The real things bloom for such a short amount of time; what would the winter be without soft pink peonies to look at from bed?  The sun-catcher with my name on it, a gift from another Kelly that I lost to the west coast.  A palm-sized kitten medallion that was a birthday present from another friend several years ago.  Driftwood from Mexico and a few stones that have caught my eye that  I have collected over the years.

I went outside this afternoon and collected a handful of what I can only assume are weeds.  My desk needed a bit more wildlife to it.  My front yard is overgrown with bittersweet vines and the peonies are long gone.  I trimmed a bit of overgrowth that was expanding over the stone walkway to my front door.


This is my little work nook in my bedroom.  For the past year or so, I've done all my work from the couch.  I recently rearranged my furniture and moved my desk out from its dusty corner.  Hopefully I will one day replace the desk with a good solid wooden table.  I'm thinking good thoughts and hoping the hot weather goes away so the fan isn't needed.  It's been a warm summer up here so far.

Monday, April 2, 2012



meet my plants

Monday, April 2, 2012
A philodendron cutting in water and baby broccoli seedlings.
I'm not exactly known for my green thumb.  If anything, up until recently, I was known for killing anything that may at one point have been alive.  I've gone through two tropical-type plants, three pots of ivy (and yes, I know that people pay good money to have others come and kill the ivy in their yards), and a variety of other attractive plants.  I don't know what I've done wrong.

The newest addition to the family: Minty, a tiny mint plant.








But all of a sudden, my apartment has become a happy little plant haven.  I've had Phil, my resident philodendron, for over three years.  His cuttings are happily growing in pots and glasses of water.  I got more adventurous this past month and started some plants from seeds.  I had no idea what to expect, and didn't really follow any directions.  So far... baby broccoli plants!  I'm a mom!