I’m still reeling about it being the 20th of August. Particularly about the State Fair. I knew it started today, but I hadn’t realized that it’s this weekend that I’m going. I haven’t been fasting properly! How am I going to fit all that fried food in without the necessary preparation?
Okay, I don’t really fast before the State Fair. But I have been feeling very ‘meh’ about food lately. Nothing I would usually like seems that appealing — and usually everything seems appealing to me! I actually had to go out for lunch today, because I couldn’t bear the thought of making something for myself at home. Bonus: a muffin came with my meal, and I brought most of it home to have with my afternoon tea. On the restaurant napkin.
Can you believe that Johnny Jump-up is still growing? It’s going through a big growth stage at the moment; it just put out a bunch of new leaves and has a couple of blooms on it. From a stem in water! I think it’s been in there for two months now.
In the back is a cutting from my mom’s lipstick plant. She made a bunch of cuttings (maybe it was dying? I can’t remember now.) and gave me a few, but none of hers and all but one of mine failed to put out roots. But this one is picking up some speed now, growing roots and looking good — as is the piece of jade plant I cut off a while back. I’ve obviously got a magical, life-imbuing window sill.
Speaking of surprising stories of success and growth, I continue to be amazed at the vegetable plants I’ve got in my side yard. To think that it was a wasteland of dead grass and weeds earlier this year! I spotted two new cantaloupes that have set on the vine, and one of the original two is starting to get its rough cantaloupe skin — I hope that means it’s close to being ripe!
The Striped Cavern tomato plant continues to be a monster, and I’ve also been really impressed with the growth of the Brandywine plant I stuck out there. I had three seedlings that survived to be planted outside — one in the main veggie patch, one in a pot, and the smallest in the side yard. That small one is now the largest of the three, sprawling (I never got around to caging it — didn’t think it would survive!), and loaded with still-small tomatoes. Amazing!
