Day Tres

Once upon a time there was a young lady named Sarah Jane Baker. Sarah Jane loved plants and working in gardens. Naturally, Sarah Jane grew up and went to college so she could be an educated woman. Sometimes, she missed being home so to solve this dilemma, she bought a plant. It was one of those miniature looking palm tree things that people normally put in pots with their petunias. As the semesters went on Sarah Jane grew attached to this plant. You see, it was one thing that didn't change during her growth spurt way of college life. She promised that she would keep this plant all through her college experience. Then one day when she was moving back home for a while, she left the palm tree thing in the hot car. It's once perky, foot long, luscious leaves now looked like that lettuce you forgot was in your vegetable drawer in the fridge a month ago. Sarah Jane tried to baby it to make it perk up. She clipped all the dead leaves off and kept it in a stable environment. Eventually, she lost hope and neglected to even try to take care of it.  Weeks went on and she decided to put a new plant in the pot. When she went to remove her beloved palm tree thing, she noticed little starts budding from the top of the twig that was left over! Sarah Jane was amazed! She had not watered the plant for at least three weeks and it was not anywhere near a window. What Sarah Jane forgot, is that this palm tree thing is constant. It remained strong even though it was choked and neglected. She knew it was strong, she just forgot to see it's real worth and potential.

So what did I do about this? Well, I still wanted a new plant in the pot so I carefully removed my palm tree thing and separated the roots from the dirt. Surprise there was actually two of those whimsical plants in that ceramic pot! I put them in a jar of water. It has only been five days since it just had little buds and the leaves have grown just a little over an inch!  When they are big enough, I might put them in some dirt so their roots can take hold to something. I might just leave them in the jar too! It is cool to see the roots; maybe I should put some rocks at the bottom so the roots can hold onto something.

So I think I got my love of plants from my Great Grandma Dorthy Tucker. She is famous for her giant gardens from the past. She is 85ish now and she still has a huge garden. Mind you her garden now is about the size of a large garden for normal people, but she will insist that it is small. She is so healthy and hard working! I want to be like her when I am 85ish! I got to see her today at my Uncle Steve's wedding. She is remarried to a man named Merlin who I am sitting by in the picture. They are both so kind to me and I really appreciate them. I am so blessed to know them. In fact, I have met all of my great grandparents except one! Now that is a privilege!