Of the original planting of my tea jar terrarium, I had three varieties survive. It was looking rather sparse, so I added succulents from another pot we had hanging in a window.
I’ve increased the artificial light from 9 hours to 12 to see if that makes the cactus happier.
A five leaf clover. Five leaves. Five.
I was doing my usual scan for four-leaf clover in a clover patch in my front yard, and spotted something new. I thought maybe it was a couple of separate clovers intertwined, but no, the patch produced a five-leaf clover. As this is my first sighting, and the specimen was pristine, I did pick it from the patch and put it in a press for posterity.
Five!
Thank you to all our veterans for your service and sacrifice for our freedom and country. What you did and are doing matters. Thank you.
My hypothesis that my Thanksgiving cactus blooms due to drops in window temperature that triggers the leaves touching the window was blown away this month. The cactus has bloomed and we haven’t seen any temperatures below 68. Hm.
The cactus mysteries continue.
I was surprised to see a large splash of purple outside, and even more surprised that it was a couple of passion flowers blooming from a vine I thought was dead.
While guiding the questing vines in a direction I wanted them to go, I also saw a Gulf Fritillary caterpillar.
Passion vines are host plants for butterflies, and my vines don’t usually grow faster than they are eaten.
I found a different patch of four-leaf clover in the yard!
And that’s what I have for today. We are rolling into summer which for me means a massive schedule change. There might be more plant and pet posts, or I might actually finish some projects and have something crafty to say. Hm.
Critters and Craft 