Plant Lady?
I’ve never paid much attention to plants. Lots of people own house plants. Some more than others. I always just saw these small green things as a luxury that I could pass by. When I’d walk into Trader Joe’s and see the plants, I would admire them, but never consider buying one because I was usually mentally adding up the cost of groceries and would rather eat than spend the money on something to look at.
Then one day I bought a plant and realized, “gosh, I really get a lot of joy out of being around this tiny living thing.”
I told my friend Melinda, “I have this one flowering plant in front of my house and I just sit and look at it every morning as I drink my coffee, and it makes me so happy”.
She said “Wow. If one plant makes you that happy, just imagine if you had a whole bunch of them how happy you would be”.
I start noticing plants everywhere I turned. Last winter, I bought a couple plants at IKEA and started watering them. I was so shocked that they stayed alive more than a month. One of them even started growing like crazy.
What is happening? These plants are staying alive! The one that surprised me the most was this one.
I got it as a gift from my daughter’s friend, Jose, last spring. It died for a week and then it came back to life and it’s been flowering ever since. I brought it inside and it is still going strong 6 months later. It’s like the little plant that never quits. It has died and come back to life multiple times. This little pink beauty reminds me that we cannot predict the future. So much is out of our hands, but we believe the best for people, and sometimes they surprise us.
My favorite houseplant right now is this one.
Here are a few other plants I’ve enjoyed watering that are no longer with us. (I guess they are not all meant to have a long life).
Do you love plants? Give me your best tips. I think I’m a plant lady on the verge of conversion!