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Recently I have been struck with that end of August/Labour Day Weekend fear that the end of summer is approaching and I need to stuff as much summer as humanly possible into one week. I've never been prone to this disease that sends people out into the world, frantically grasping for sunlight and clutching to the outdoors. In the past I have always noted that at this time of year traffic is heavier, the streets are littered with fun seeking bodies and restaurant patios are overflowing with people trying to make the most of outdoor eating. Maybe I didn't go out enough this summer, or maybe it's because we had planned to get out of Canada before the winter and move to the land of perpetual summer, California, but I am finding myself succumbing to the panic for the first time ever.
I've spent a lot of time away from the computer in the last week. First it was the trip to Guelph, then I went to the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) twice in two days this week. The first time was with my friend to take night photos of the decaying rides and midway lights. The second time was to do the same thing in the daytime. Then I spent Wednesday night planting at Wing Chun and Dave's because the plants I dug up last week had to be planted fast. Then today I was dead to the world due to the nastiest reaction to ragweed season that I can remember in my history. I literally blew half of my brain cells out through my nose today. Plants aren't all good. To illustrate my point, this evening Davin mentioned something about the Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) bulb I bought at the CNE yesterday, and I starred at him blankly for a minute before I had to ask him, "What's an Amaryllis?" I truly had no idea what he was talking about. That's how bad my brain was fried.
As I mentioned I purchased an Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) bulb at the CNE. The variety is called "Red Lion". I also purchased 6 Crocus sativus corms from the same booth. Pricey but this is the crocus that saffron comes from so I couldn't resist. I also purchased several Tilandsia or air plants as they are commonly called. These are the plants that attach themselves to trees and absorb nutrient from the air (called epiphytes). They are from the Bromeliad family. I literally have so many of these right now that I can't find a place for them all. Lately my plant purchasing has been rather extravagant but sometimes I just don't have any will power.
While at the CNE I took the opportunity to ask the woman operating a Bonsai booth about the bonsai I purchased a few weeks back. I've been having problems with the plant for awhile now. It is dropping leaves and looking really sad. She said that that plant, Senisa, is really hard to care for. It needs lots of light, which I figured because it has variegated leaves. I have been giving it lots of light, but it needs to be wet, without being over wet and I think I really caused the problem when I pruned it. Let that be a lesson to you all to know the plant before you buy it. I got cocky thinking I would have no problems and look what happened. Watching that plant deteriorate has been a constant source of stress. It was very expensive. Well it seems to have stabilized now but the Bonsai woman's words both confirmed my suspicions and struck the fear into me that I would never be able to get it back to it's original goodness. One slip up and it's all over. No one needs that kind of pressure.
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