Ok It's Colder Now
As much as my energy is directly tied to the appearance of sunlight, I do ultimately appreciate when my plants aren’t fighting for dear life trying to sop up the groundwater before it evaporates, such as on overcast days. Aside from the panic of rushing about trying to keep various items watered, tended, and shaded throughout the day, some plants throw epically dramatic displays when they’re thirsty; imagine if your child had the ability to appear 80 years older when expressing their discomfort…. Ok don’t imagine that.
It also seems that wasps only prowl our yard when it’s as hot as your father’s anus* outside. This means I could be among my plants for stretches of time that went beyond a few seconds - needing never to shriek and run away flailing.
So, it was nice to simply enjoy the things in my yard today. Basically.
Things I’ve learned:
1.
My hops and tomato plants are reenacting The Creation of Adam:
3.
The plant that thrives in roadside ditches I thought I’d killed (let’s not even get into how that made me feel), is indeed still alive and sending up new palmate leaves:
2.
We have flesh flies in our yard:
4.
The garlic I’ve been growing from a single store-bought clove didn’t grow much over the past few months, but it did manage to become perfectly spherical again. I’m confused and impressed for it:
Also,
I had an interview for a position at Wacom that I bombed so badly I wish I could go back and play the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme over the entirety of it just to make it a finished piece of performance art. But yknow what, my plants were there for me when I got back, and I thanked them by pruning off their dead parts. Find you a man who can do both.
look how gorgeous these tomatillos are.
This photo is clearly not from today.
*I’m workshopping some idioms. How’s my driving?
