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[serene]

Taking a quick break from straightening (cleaning is a bit strong a word) the apartment. Listening to Ani, letting myself feel both happy and stressed at the same time. Ani's good for that.

I now have SIX plants! The oldest one was a housewarming present (almost a year ago, from eeyore_grrl, and the newest one was this week's tiny splurge (I think with sogwife's employee discount, the plant, the pot, the tray, and the potting soil totalled eight dollars). His name is Rubio. The others are, eldest to youngest, Fern (a fern, natch), Blanche (a hanging plant with white flowers), Giuseppi (a green houseplant with silver veins), Scarlett (a discarded poinsettia), and Spike (an aloe -- Spike is a girl). I'm very happy that they are all alive and apparently thriving, especially since I moved them all into pots big enough for them. I have been known in the past to have a black thumb. I think living in the desert may have accounted for at least some of that, but clearly ignoring my plants for weeks on end was part of it, too. I don't ignore my plants nowadays, and they're such a joy to me.

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[chubbycore.livejournal.com]

Would you like a cutting of a jade plant?

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Ohmigosh, I would love it, but you'd have to tell me what to do with it. Or I guess I could google it, huh?

Are you coming over tonight?

[chubbycore.livejournal.com]

i can't - my sister in law is moving back to albany, NY and her flight is tonight. we have craziness tonight!! I'll leave it on your porch over the weekend - very, very easy to grow. I have some other plant that i don't know the name of. If I can get a bit of that out, I'll bring it too. And if I get to working in the yard this weekend I'll bring you some fresh mint. Ours is taking over.

[chubbycore.livejournal.com]

I didn't forget, I was just on the floor sick as hell on Sunday. I'm going to bring you my secondary jade, and I'll root some cuttings for you. (the secondary jade has a bit of a bald spot, but still has a lot of life left in it, and the additional cuttings will make it nice and full.)

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

why do i find it so very endearing that you name your plants?

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

*grin* Dunno, but I like it.

I'm so happy to have you as my friend. Have I mentioned that lately?

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

aww, thank you.

i will be at your friday thing next week!

[lyrical1.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

The hazards of upper-case serif fonts -- I originally read that as "I now have SEX plants!"

Congrats on the greening of your thumb!

Store employee discounts rock!

[tracytreefrog.livejournal.com]

I am getting great use out of mine*grins* I was gonna try and make it out tonight but I had to work O.T. I was just too tired*pout* hope all had fun!