Baby snake plant

Photo description: snake plant with new growth in a white pot

My eldest gave me a snake plant because I’ve wanted one since I found out not only are they great for the air purification inside, they can be processed for their fiber. Now there are two! When I went to water it I noticed the small bright green shoot coming up on the side. How exciting!

Purple Thistle

I love purple thistles. The adoration probably started when I visited Scotland where it is the national flower. Yes, they are prickly, yes, they take over wild areas, but the blooms are stunning and grow tall and strong.

Photo description: Texas Purple Thistle stand against a cloud dotted blue sky
Photo description: closeup of Texas purple Thistle in an empty lot

Pollen

Spring is not a happy time in this Texas household. Everyone is upping their allergy medicines, and buying stock in Kleenex. It’s pollen season.

Photo description: pollen making a normally black vehicle yellow, the letters “achoo” written with a finger in the layer of pollen

Sniff.

Unusual clover

Photo description: three-leaf clover with almost hour-glass shaped leaves

In looking for four-leaf clover, I found a different kind of leaf in another patch in the front yard that has inverted curves on the sides of the leaf, which make the leaves look hour-glass shaped. Clover is a good nitrogen fixer for soil and good companion for grass. And makes for interesting discoveries.

Clover

Here is another opportunity for finding four-leaf clovers! My answer in the second picture.

Photo description: patch of clover in my front yard
Photo description: same patch of clover with seven purple circles on four-leaf clovers