Green things

So this morning my brother flew home to Pennsylvania and my sister to San Jose. My parents took my brother to Bellingham airport in the dark small hours of the morning. I took my sister there in the bright double-digit morning hours.

We took the Hannegan to Bakerview, and Bakerview to the airport. On Bakerview, we drove past Bakerview Nursery, which I pointed out to my sister as a place I'm starting to long to visit now that the weather has been nice. I said, though, that it's still too cold to buy plants to put outdoors, so perhaps I'd better not. But we agreed that it would be nice to just walk around among the plants and enjoy them.

So after leaving her at the airport, I did indeed stop at Bakerview Nursery and browse around. Since it's still too cold for outdoor plants, I indulged in a couple indoor plants, both spider plants. I like the way spider plants make "baby" plants on shoots. Also, the card in the pot said they tolerate low light, which is the condition of my living room.

I bought one well developed one in a hanging pot, to hang over my computer desk.

And I bought a smaller one that I transplanted after I got home into a ceramic pot I already owned. I put that one on top of a cabinet that sits behind my couch, between the kitchen and living room. In this picture, it's still sitting on top of the dishwasher. I wanted to make sure no water would overflow before putting it on the wooden cabinet.

So even though it still freezes outside most nights, I was able to indulge my craving for plants.