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Elsa, who comes to my house every couple of weeks and helps me to clean it,  absolutely loves plants.  She scolds me when I don't water my plants often enough, gives me tips on how keep them alive, and has, on occasion, taken home some of my dead plants and actually revived them.

The nasturtium plant up on our rooftop has miraculously survived my black thumb (I think that I have a mystery neighbor who waters it when I forget to) and is a prolific seed producer.  Selma has taken to harvesting the seeds and giving them to anyone who will take them. This seed pack went to Elsa.

I think they'll do well under Elsa's watch.


9 comments:

  1. I love that she's a lefty and that the flowers match her hair. But mostly I love how you capture the ordinary moments that give us glimpses into your life.

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    1. thank you Amy! . . . are YOU a lefty?

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    2. nope....but I think lefties are cool, especially on cute children....kind of like British accents (which has nothing to do with your children).

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  2. I love love nasturtiums and if I could get them to thrive in Texas, I's certainly ask Selma for one of her sweet seed envelopes

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    1. hmmm . . . for some reason nasturtiums always remind me of you . . . did you grow them in our home in Axitla?

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  3. My maternal grandparents always had these lonely and prolific growing glowers in their yard. Brings back many memories. Love Selma's pictures:)

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  4. Lovely, not lonely flowers, not glowers haha

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    1. ha! I thought that maybe your grandparents called them "glowers" - they DO seem to glow a bit! :)

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  5. I just love all of this, period.

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