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A few more updates for you here... hopefully will get back in the habit of updating on Tuesdays - it's good fun, breaks up the day a bit and I enjoy taking photos (even if they are a bit blurry!). I'm going to start with the cats.
The last update had a photo of Misi with the new scratching post; this morning, it was Skatty's turn to get photographed with it. You can see his sheer size in comparison to Misi now. The scratching post is a whopping 80cm long from base to tip; I'm still a bit in the doghouse for buying it. Whoops!
Aaand some Skatty feet... he sits at "ten to two" pretty much every time he sits down. It's a funny little quirk.
Though he's usually like this (please note that his paws are constantly twitching with neading/making biscuits/smurgling when someone is in the room with him):
Now, the cats aren't really allowed on my bed unless there's a blanket on there; this morning the blanket was just shoved onto my bed half-heartedly so Misi is, clearly, trying to stay on the blanket. She's sliding a little...
Crazy cat lady business over, onto the plants. I have to make a confession:
my spinach is actually basil. I had my suspicions, having grown basil before, but thought "nope, I've not grown spinach before so maybe it's growing weird because of this, that or the other" but no. It's basil. I think I planted the wrong seeds, though I'm fairly confident I was careful... weird. Oh well! It smells nice.
Alpine strawberry!
Phalaenopsis, pink and yellow flower...
It opened! Praise God - I'd forgotten just how beautiful these flowers are..
Utric tub...
Despite the carnage of the fungus gnat larvae (there are a couple still in there somewhere), new growth has popped up. I think the gnats only ate leaves, not roots, and with Utrics being the way they are... lots of green shoots. You should also be able to see a young D. dielsiana seedling.
Utric trough...
The sun hit the window at just the right time and
wow! This trough is really doing well, I'm so grateful to God - seriously! It brightens my day seeing all this growth, even the moss.
P. lusitanica (83 days old)...
You can see how wet these guys are... had a couple days of intense sun, apparently, and this tub nearly dried out completely so I gave it a thorough watering. They look very pale in part due to the sun hitting the window just before I took the photo. They seem to be doing OK...
P. 'weser'...
I have fruit flies. Can you tell?
No? How about now?
P. 'Tina'
New Pinguicula! I was blessed with the ability to go out with my mum and dad yesterday in the wheelchair to a farm/garden centre; there was a huge display of carnivorous plants and half a dozen or so pings in the middle. They were all Tinas, thought I'd get this one. It's dividing. Needs a little light but it's already catching fruit flies.
Cactus...
Picked up something for my sister. I know nothing about caring for this but OK! I'm sure she'll get it. She loves pink.
D. capensis seedlings...
These guys are doing well. I picked up a watering can yesterday with a tiny "rose/shower" head so I can stop bombarding and covering seedlings with perlite when I dump copious amounts of water on them. It's great!
Random lily...
Mum was given some flowers so I thought I'd take a photo of one of the lilies...
And last but by no means least!
When I was a child, I loooooved those tiny little Easter chicks made of pipe cleaners with eyes, wings, feet and a beak glued to them. While we were at the farm shop yesterday, I encountered trays of them and picked up a tiny little white thing to show to my mother. I was squealing like I was a child - yes, I find pipe cleaners adorable. Of course... it was inevitably coming home with us. Best 50p ever spent.