REFLECTIONS

I found this plant growing in one of my empty pots.  Last year I found the same type of plant growing in a crack between the bricks of my front stoop.  I made the mistake of trying to transplant it into a pot.  It wilted and died. Notice the three clover plants in the background on the right side.  I didn't notice them until I transferred the photo to this post.  They'er beautiful. The plant is only about two and a half inches tall. This time I'm going to leave it alone and see what happens.

Usually I plant tomatoes, sometimes zucchini and cucumbers.  This year just after my back surgery for the second time and spending the month of March in the hospital with acute respiratory failure, meningitis, anemia, etc.; I was just not up to gardening.  Hopefully next year will be different. My wife Lynette planted sunflower seeds to fill up the empty space in the vegetable garden.  At first the birds would eat the seeds as soon as she planted them.  So she used a wire screen to cover the ground until the plants sprouted. I'll write a post when they bloom.

We don't sit there anymore; not sure why.  Someday I'll have to use them again.  They look good under the trees. Here's a handsome spider outside my back door.  I wonder if it's poisonous.

I woke at 6 AM today without the alarm. Usually I get up at 7:30.  This makes it 6 and a half hours of sleep instead of the usual 8 hours. Falling asleep is no problem for me and I take a half hour nap in the afternoon. To decide if I should always get up at 6 AM or go back to getting up at 7:30; I checked  the web for information. On the the web I found this table: Eight hours seems to be a midpoint.  Now if I set the alarm to 7 AM I'll get 7 and a half hours of sleep.  If I set it at 7:30 I'll get 8 hours. I'm going to leave the alarm set to 7:30 but if I get up before the alarm I'll stay up.  This will make it 8 hours or less sleep. Sometimes I get a little compulsive.

This morning when I checked the apple seed pot I saw 3 small growths of what I thought were sprouts.  They were tiny mushrooms!  They were growing right where I had planted the seeds.  Does this mean the seeds are dead? Here is a closeup.   When I first saw them they were standing erect.  After breakfast I took these photos.  They had all fallen over. Later, in the afternoon I saw they had all withered and died.  So maybe my apple seeds still have a chance.  I'll have to wait and see.

This is the pot I'm using.  The 3 seeds I'm using.  Notice the top one has some sort of piece growing out.  Could it be a root or a stem? I wrapped them in a wet paper towel to help them sprout. Then I put the towel in a plastic bag to keep the seeds moist. After a few days a brown stain appeared. I took the seeds out of the plastic bag and unfolded the paper towel. Here are two of the three seeds. This is the seed with a small projection. I planted all 3 seeds.  Now I'll wait to see what develops. I'll make a post when or if I get a sprout.

I found this video on: The link:  Linda's Peaceful Place For me the video (Paul Mauriat -Isadora) shows an innocent garden fairy in the woods. Try making it full screen with a stronger sound for a better effect.