It’s that time of year

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dormancy, indoors, plants, postaday2013, winter, wishlist

It’s time for my delicate potted plants to come inside once again. My dining room is practically overflowing with hibiscus, mandeville and bougainvillea, if my dining room were a proper greenhouse than it would be quite beautiful during the winter time with all of their blooms but alas, it’s just an ordinary dining room so all of these tropical plants will be going dormant, either shedding their leaves or at the very least not doing anything.

I decided to leave them outside as long as possible thinking that perhaps the exposure to chillier temperatures will make them a little hardier. I have gotten very attached to these plants since I have been nursing them for several years now and I take my charges very seriously. I forgot to mention that I also brought in my two impatiens and two other plants that I have forgotten their names. The impatiens have been with me for a good four or five years and I am kind of proud of that.

One of my things on my fantasy wish list would be to build an addition to the library in the form of a greenhouse where I could house all of my plants during the winter and not have them subjected to the stresses of cold weather. This fantasy greenhouse would be an attractive addition to the house, albeit the back of the house, but it would give the backyard a new and different perspective. Like I said, this a fantasy wish, I am very happy with my house and my backyard the way it is, my plants will be just fine in the dining room the way they have always been.

Standstill

For a moment today, time stands still — but you can tweak one thing while it’s stopped. What do you do?

I would take the gift of time standing still, as just that, a gift and not tweak anything. Life is too short, so if I could stop the time and breathe in the quiet, the tranquility and the peace, I would do it gladly. When a gift as important and rare as time standing still presents itself why disrespect the gift? There are more than enough opportunities in life to tweak the things that don't work for you so why squander the one time you have to smell the roses?

Time is one of the most precious commodities we have in the world so if you had the chance to embrace it for however long without it moving forward, how can you refuse or why would you want to tweak it?