Hello, it's me, who usually gabs a bunch in comments on everyone's posts. Not yesterday. I was feeling glum, and stayed in my Jammies all day. Not sick, but not particularly sociable.
I moved this freshly born little blossom away from the windos, where it's in the 20s each night. She'll be happier on the table behind the sill itself. I've never seen so many branches of flowers. They will have trouble opening, and I guess I should have pruned some away. I did give her leaves a bath with dish detergent...those drops weren't water, and there were a couple of spots under another leaf that looked like white fly fungus starting. Oh geese, that will be the first time it's hit an orchid. Maybe the detergent will help disinterest it. I hope it doesn't bother her. She's got lots of leaves!!
I have since cut her to the two main branches with flowers. And here are three blossoms!
Today's quote:
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI love your orchid bloom, very pretty. Take care, enjoy the last days of 2022!
Thanks. I'm giving them loving care (including liquid fertilizer)
Delete...keep your plants happy.
ReplyDeleteAnd never having any formal instruction as to what makes happy plants, it's still all by guesswork. The good thing is that plants tend to carry on no matter what I do.
DeleteOne doesn’t always want to blog or even know what to blog about.
ReplyDeleteTrue...there are days when just musings are all that happens.
DeleteThat is cheerful.
ReplyDeleteThere is health in having green living plants around...to create oxygen for one thing.
DeleteI always love seeing your orchids blooming there. They are so happy and well cared for. I hope you are feeling better now, Barbara. (NewRobin13)
ReplyDeleteThanks...each day I feel pretty good in the morning. Enough said.
DeleteSuch a beautiful orchid! Re Betty White's quote--some days I feel like a banana.
ReplyDeleteOh yes!
DeleteI do enjoy seeing your orchid blooms. Have not been commenting much myself as I've taken a break fro blogging this week.
ReplyDeleteIt's understandable. I was surprised to have real people around for a few hours...and then I reverted back to my virutual friends!
DeletePretty blooms. Nice to see them at this time of year. Betty White's quote is a good one, I always liked her.
ReplyDeleteOne orchid plant looks to produce pretty well. Another is giving little half size blooms. Oh well, I know the feeling!
DeleteMoth orchids do just go on and on!
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to feel sociable all the time, online or in person. Batteries need recharging. Xx
True...I'm enjoying NZ photos you put on FB, but not blog. At least one way is working.
DeleteA lovely mug, Barb. I understand that down feeling. Sometimes there is just no explaining it, but I think perhaps it is just all the sadness we have known come creeping to the surface for no understandable reason. And sometimes, after a good visit with friends or family, I am alone again with my hubby and it just feels so...quiet.
ReplyDeleteYes Sue, you're so right about the big quiet after having visitors. Not sure if sadness is part of my "lull" but I am not making many efforts to laugh either! Feeling rather tired and numb.
Delete