Pots and Plants

No football. Nothing needing attention. Dinner planned. 

We made a trip to the local nursery. Jim got some geraniums for the back yard. I got some pots for my house plants. They are ready for bigger pots and I found some pretty ones. Each of them is different in color or design or both. I am not real fond of matchy matchy looks so the differences are pleasing to me. I'll get all of them changed over to their new pot later this week. Hope they will be happy and grow bigger for me.

If you are a football watching family, what are you doing with your Sundays now? 

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Poinsettia Memories

Over on X (twitter) today my affiliate posts are poinsettia jewelry in brooch form. I found a couple pretty ones, one each from eBay and Amazon. The eBay piece is vintage and the Amazon one is filled with sparkle. My X profile if you are interested is https://twitter.com/CozyAtoZ.

I was thinking back to the first time I knew what a poinsettia was. I was young and we had moved from Kansas to California. This was in the olden days of the 1960s. There was a poinsettia bush in the backyard of the house we lived in. It was more like a tree really because in the nice coastal California climate it was as tall as our single story rented home. We used to break off leaves from it to see the white sap (?) that came out of them. The bright red flowers were so pretty and big and impressive.

In our backyard that plant grew like a weed. At home I have tried many times to keep a poinsettia gift or one I purchased over until the next holiday season and have never been successful. Orchids and poinsettias are my plant mother failures. That said, I still love the beauty of a red blooming poinsettia, do you?

I created the image below with Bing Image Creator (It is definitely not my house!). I think I will use it as my laptop wallpaper for the rest of the month. I like the bright red of the plants surrounded by modern white and gold. I did do a red and gold decorated tree one year and my youngest hated it but that is a story for another day. Somehow, I think a Christmas tree room should always have a fireplace even though I don't have or want one in the house where I live now.

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From Mom's House

The plant pictured above is a Peace Lily. It is from my Mom's house. It is one of the things I brought home. One thing I can tell you about my mother is that she loved to garden and take care of house plants. I couldn't save them all but I did bring home 3. I have the Peace Lily, an azalea and a geranium.

I did some research on how to take care of the lily which I learned isn't a true lily. The most supportive and informational place I found to learn about the care of this plant was at HGTV.com. I haven't had one of these plants before and would like to keep it for a long time. Right now it is living on the table in my eat in kitchen so I can see it and remember her several times a day.

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Houseplants, More Please

In the earliest years of my marriage, in an apartment in Southern California I had houseplants in every room. I could get little ones cheaply at the grocery store, the same with a pot, and bring a bit of greenery and life to each room. In the last decade I have been a bit of a nomad and only have  one plant that moves with me. That plant is a 4 foot tall ficus that is about 30 years old. It was a gift and I have moved it from California to Utah to Arizona to Wyoming to Idaho and back to Wyoming. I love that plant and will move it again when we retire to Arizona hopefully next summer. Hopefully by then the virus will be less of an issue than it is now!

Did you know that you can get plants on Amazon? I suppose that is a stupid question but one I had never really thought about before today. I knew I could get pots and potting soil and plant food and maybe seeds. I never thought about live plants though and am intrigued. I wonder how the plants you order are packaged to get to you in good shape? Maybe next year I will find out.

I would love to have some of  new plants in my life to look at in every room when I get to our retirement home. I'll show some pictures of what I have in mind. Also below will be some affiliate links if you are inclined to do some shopping for yourself.

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