Before I begin, here is an inspiring picture of our menorah on December 27.
We suddenly have a bunch of new plants growing in the apartment! This is thanks to my mom, who sent us back with several proto-plants. First up, a pair of bulbs! These are super exciting because apparently they will look and smell wonderful.
One is a paperwhite, which my mom says is foolproof:
And a hyacinth, which may or may not work (according to my mom) but which I am really rooting for:
Also, we took back a couple clippings of my mom’s drapey shelf plants. I hope they’ll grow into new plants when submerged in water, but there have been no encouraging signs yet. I will continue to hope.
As far as our old plants go, the kalanchoe just started to flower again, and seems to be doing well.
The orchid limps along, as always. It has not been doing well for about a year now. I’m keeping it around until it’s totally dead, though.
January 3, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Do the colors of the candles in the menorah have any significance? It is very beautiful!
January 3, 2012 at 4:50 pm
I don’t know, but Toby didn’t seem to think it was important. So James picked out the color scheme, which I also enjoy!