It’s about time I chipped in on this blogging
business. It seemed like a great idea when Aaron set it up, but this is my first post. Here we go.
We live in an apartment in West Jordan. I am a
registered nurse, and Aaron, who is a mechanical engineer, now works at a charter
school teaching “all the fun classes”. We’ve been married for one year and
eight months. I don’t know how long we can consider ourselves “newlyweds”, but since
that generally signifies marital bliss, I don’t mind if we stick with the title. We team-teach a class of energetic five-year-old children in Primary at church. Lately I have really enjoyed growing plants. Maybe it is my Idaho farmer blood.
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| For a Primary lesson back in August, we planted seeds to demonstrate how faith can grow. A couple of weeks later, our sunflower started to sprout! |
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| It continued to grow until the cup was not big enough. This is the sunflower after I transplanted to a bigger pot. |
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| This is the sunflower today. It was looking sad, so I transplanted again. I have hope that it still might survive. |
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| We attempted some watermelons in our garden They grew beautifully, but the inside was stringy and flavorless. |
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| We grew three oddly-shaped pumpkins in our garden. A drywall saw is our new favorite carving tool! |
Bromeliads remind me of another great day at BYU-Idaho when my roommate, Rachel, needed to buy one. I don't remember why. We drove to every florist shop in Rexburg, but we never found one - or if we did it was expensive. I got the impression that it was a rare plant. Now I find it humorous when I see them in abundance at a grocery store.
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| This is Brom in the blooming stage. It was a Valentine's Day gift. Over time, the flower turned brown. I learned that many bromeliads only bloom once, but they can stay alive for years. |
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| This is Brom today, a lovely foliage plant. I used some indoor plant fertilizer today. I'm hoping that it will cause Brom to rekindle the old flame...er, regrow the flower. Or maybe grow more pups! Bromeliads reproduce by growing pups from their base. Brom had a nice-looking pup, and I transplanted it three weeks ago, hoping that Brom will producing more pups. |
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| This is the mini Brom as of three weeks ago. It still looks about the same. The root system is not yet developed, hence the popsicle stick support system. |
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| TigerLily |
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| Baelfire |
Bromeliads are supposed to be low maintenance, but I have killed two this year. The most likely problem was their location below the swamp cooler fan. By the time it occurred to me that they might be too cold, it was too late.
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| We came back from a trip in the summer and were surprised to see that a pumpkin had appeared. Had it grown from a bud AND turned orange over the five day period of our absence? Actually, it was an imposter, placed by Aaron's mother as a prank. |
How green is my thumb? Only time will tell.
