Over the summer, we had a potted impatien out in front of our office. It was a lovely thing, and when the temps turned colder, we brought it inside. But sitting just inside the door as it was proved detrimental to its health, and it withered.
One of my coworkers brought it inside and set it near the window in our coat room. She’s got a much greener thumb than I have, and decided to try nursing it back to health.
Last week, we noticed a bloom. A couple days later, there was another one. This morning, I counted four or five, and those are just on the side of the plant I can see – the side facing the window appears to have a few more blooms on it.
Now that we’ve got a bit of snow on the ground, it’s a treat to see something so bright and different amid the white.
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Suddenly they all died. The end. 
We’ve still got a few blooms in our garden but I don’t think they have much longer. It might help if it ever got light.
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It’s been down below freezing for the better part of a week now, and at the moment, it’s barely above zero (though it feels well below that with the wind). We’re about thirty degrees below normal for this time of year, and tonight it’s supposed to drop down to zero. Time to dig out the blankets!
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We haven’t got cold to look forward to for the next three months – but rain. Lots and lots of rain.
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I wouldn’t mind the rain if it were warmer, but when it rains here in the winter, bad things happen. Like seven years ago when we had a thunderstorm in February and the resulting ice knocked out power for the better part of a week where I lived and nearly a fortnight in the next town over…
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Beautiful! That flower is gorgeous.
Plants are resilient. I keep killing all of ours in our new apartment. Apparently you HAVE to consistently use plant food here. I have two aloe vera plants surviving inside right now. But every time I put a plant outside, regardless of weather or season. It dies. No sense.
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Plants may well be resilient, but they’re not resilient enough for me to care for them. Either I overwater them and they drown, or I completely forget to water them. Either way, they end up dead. I always joke that I have a black thumb and leave the plant care to Seymour. 🙂
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Ha! That’s exactly what my mom says.
You know, I’ve never had issues until we moved here. Maybe this place just doesn’t like me. Shockingly our aloe very plants are STILL alive!
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I’ve managed to keep a philodendron alive for three years now, but only because the things are impossible to kill. Also, I’m not in charge of watering it. 😀
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Apparently baby jade plants are impossible to kill. Only, when we moved up here, it died. I THINK it might be because of the climate change but I’m not one hundred percent on that.
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Could be. Maybe it’s worth it to get another one and try again?
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Awww. Pink. My mostest favoritest color of all.
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It’s such a pretty color, isn’t it? It’s just so happy and cheerful!
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