This is my world right now

Barely a sign of the garden under all that snow.

I’ve only got a few things blooming inside.

My Crown of Thorns has these lovely mottled pink and cream flowers. And as you can see, there are quite a few of them!

My yellow orchid is still blooming, though it’s not looking great. One of the cats knocked it off the shelf, shattered the decorative pot, and knocked around all the medium. I wasn’t around when it happened, so Dave cleaned up… and he threw out the medium instead of putting it back in the pot. So that’s a task for this weekend – get this girl potted properly again.

That’s it for flowers, but…

Isn’t my Monstera Thai Constellation looking beautiful? This is one of those plants that went for crazy prices during the pandemic. But now it’s more readily available and the prices have come down significantly. Do you believe a plant this size would have once sold for over $100? Now I certainly didn’t pay that. I got mine last year at a much more reasonable price of $20. This will get very big just like other Monsteras

And… back in the summer, I bought a Bird of Paradise plant on clearance. I had it in the woodland garden for most of the summer. I didn’t have high hopes for it over winter. It obviously had to come inside, and I haven’t had great luck with plants like that (ie, Hibiscus, Elephant Ears, Banana Plants etc). They usually need too much humidity and light.

But look how amazing it looks??? Dave’s aunt had a huge one. I don’t want to get my hopes up, but it’s certainly doing well. It will go right back outside as soon as it’s warm enough.

Meet Audrey! I found her at the thrift store and I just had to buy, bring her home, and stick her in a plant! If you look closely, you’ll see she’s handmade…

Made from a styrofoam sphere, and what I’m assuming is hot glue. And quite expertly painted! And the teeth!!! Shells! Brilliant!

You’ve got to have a little fun while you wait for the snow to melt!