Saturday, September 27, 2008
the lifestyles of my plants
each year as the days become shorter and the temperatures drop, i begin to feel sorry for the plants that have to stay outside and face the consequences of being an annual. some of them have struggled all summer because it was dry: a wet may and record rainfall one weekend in september (11 inches over the weekend). i watered as much as i could but always ran out of time each night. so now, as the first frost approaches, the plants are looking better than ever. how sad. many of them look so nice i have the urge to dig them up and put them in pots to continue an inside winter show. i know, though, that they will suffer from shock. the inside plants that have been living outside look good but will not transition to living inside very well. they will hate living in the house for several months. once they get used to it, it'll be time to put them back outside. very sad.
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replace plant with person and it makes sense as well. do the plants know they are about to be stung by frost? do they hear it in the wind? is their final flourish an ignorant mistake or proud stand of defiance?
this is good stuff...once again...its that last hurrah before dying..."Oh look! His color has come back. He's fighting it. He is going to beat this." Lies. All lies. Your plants are lying to you. Maybe you should just pull them out of the ground while they are at their most beautiful. Remember them that way.
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