2008 January 21 | You Grow Girl.

Photo by Davin Risk

Sigh. This view of my roof garden from the door feels a million miles away today.

Remember summer? Yeah, me neither. If not for photographic evidence I would have to assume these so-called memories are in fact only beautiful delusions. I know many of you in the Southern Hemisphere are in the midst of it so you will have to excuse my mid-winter pity party. Over the last few days the temperature has plummeted to an unbearable, and therefore unacceptable bone-chilling cold. Unbearable I tell you!! I held out for two full days hunkering down indoors without stepping foot outside until today when I had no choice but to suck it up, put on as many layers as possible and face it. Even worse, our Taste of Summer life-sustaining preserves are rapidly depleting: the red pepper katsup is no more (good-bye delicious sauce!) and I just opened the final jar of Blackened Salsa Ranchera.

Not to be dramatic, but people are dying over here!

See you in 5 months July, wherein you can expect to find me complaining about the heat.

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Pretty Haworthia

Photo by Gayla Trail

I brought this little succulent home with me just the other day, another impulse plant purchase in a long line of plants that simply could not be left at the store.

I think it is a Haworthia cooperi but I must warn you that I am not 100% certain. There are just too many of these darn things with subtle variations that I am not sophisticated enough to distinguish. The aspect of this plant I like most are the amazingly translucent parts of its fleshy leaves. These clear-ish areas are commonly referred to as “windows.” You can see through them almost as if you are peering inside the plant. When the sun hits these windows the effect is beautiful, elegant, and a little bit creepy.

The deep orange background in this photo is the Windowsill Cozy I crocheted for my windowsill last winter.