green

i think i'm going to miss my plants. i was never really a plant person before i met heather, but for some reason ever since then i have found that i have a bond with my photosynthetic friends. perhaps it goes back to my hierarchy of living, and i'm ready to progress to my next step, but that will remain to be seen.

 

i started by germinating two apple seeds, planting them, and growing them into small trees on my bedroom windowsill. i germinated three avocado seeds and gave the resulting plants to my sister and parents. i gave the apple trees to heather's parents when i left arizona. i would have brought them along but our new home was too far away.

 

in the last two and a half years, we have collected a veritable garden within the walls of our home. most of the plants were homeless, and we rescued them when their parents shipped off to other parts of the world. a few of them were bought in local nurseries. all of them are loved and appreciated.

 

since i've been gone on business, heather has been looking after our little green children in my place. usually i'm the one who talks to them and checks in on them. i'll be back to check on them soon enough, but what i'm thinking about is down the road. this winter the wind will blow out of the east and i'll be torn from europe towards my next home. i don't know where that will be, but i know that none of the plants can come.

 

it saddens me to think of finding homes for them all. i want to make a little journal with the secrets of watering, and which plants like to be in the bathroom, and which ones like the kitchen, and which ones like to look out the window. elijah is one of the window lookers. we named her after a marvelously magical individual that we both love and cherish. her full name is actually ubertreeelijah, but informally we just call her elijah.

 

i suppose there just comes a day when you have to realize your little greenies are all grown up and don't need you anymore. i just look forward to spending time with them before that day comes.