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Tuesday, June 7, 2005

Green Thumb

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Flower shops are one of my favorite places to browse, along with chocolate shops and book stores. But. as much as I like plants, I’m a bad parent. A few weeks ago Nate gave me a huge ivy plant for my birthday. “You can’t kill ivy,” he said.

Well, I proved him wrong. (Sorry, Nate.)

Around the same time as I received the doomed ivy, my mom gave me a gift certificate to Smith & Hawken and suggested I buy an orchid. So, with tredipation, I did. Telling the saleswoman at Smith & Hawken it was my first orchid, she felt pity and gave me a 30% discount.

So far, my fears haven’t come to fruition and it seems to be doing pretty well. It’s even bloomed, but now I think it looks a little like a cobra, which kinda scares me when I see it at night.

Hopefully it has the viciousness of a cobra, because it’s gonna need it with me.

Posted by Aaron on June 7, 2005 9:30 PM

Comments:

If that doesn't work, there's always cactus. I hear it's pretty much indestructible :)

Apartment 604
June 7, 2005 11:35 PM

You killed the ivy, already? Geez...I guess the heartless, plastic version was the better option.

To keep in touch with nature, maybe nuturing rocks is better suited for you. ;)

Nate
June 8, 2005 5:25 PM

Orchids might surprise you. I was always fearful of them, until one winter my neighbor (you remember Wain, of course) left one out all season -- in Minnesota -- and it bloomed in the spring. I am not making this up. Happy orchiding!

Byf
June 9, 2005 12:36 AM

Is this the new place?!

SparklesMpls
June 9, 2005 1:56 PM

Yeah, that's about one square foot of it. A blurry square foot.

Aaron
June 9, 2005 2:19 PM