We planted some mist flower bushes (obtained from a local hardware store, so genus is suspect) in our front flower bed. Mist flowers are supposed to be a butterfly favorite. I’ve found skippers on the branches, and Sophie the cat likes to lounge under the foliage, but I’ve seldom seen a butterfly on ours. It went to seed last fall and the pods are quite pretty up close. The previous year the cold killed it off to ground level, but this year we didn’t get that kind of cold, so it could seed out, and now there are buds forming all along the branches. Yup, Texas, spring comes early here. I’ve even seen flocks of red-breasted robins in the neighborhood. I didn’t know they flocked.

These paperwhites are from the same planting as the flowers that bloomed in November. The whole patch was planted two or three years ago. I rather like their sporadic appearance!

I’m not sure if I’ve never seen dandelions blooming in December, or if I’m just looking for more 2020 weirdness. This is a common dandelion; it turns out there are other varieties as well, but for me, this is what I mean when I say dandelion. And no, I don’t pull them.

It has taken three years, but I finally found the right pot, in the right window, for my spider plant to be happy. I’m frankly amazed it made it as long as it did looking as sickly as it did. But now there are flowers! And soon there will be spider plant babies! Hurray! (If you don’t know, spider plants are quite hardy and it says quite a bit about my lack of plant skills that I nearly managed to kill it.)