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#11: Piper!
Piper is some kind of Haworthia, I’m thinking Attenuata but I’m not sure. I picked him up right at the end of spring break, and since I didn’t have anything to put him in, I just decorated his standard-issue plastic pot with some washi tape.
Next up: Yaw
Look how beautiful this Vera Higgins is! I’m absolutely in love~ This is another of the plants I got for my birthday. Bonus: I thought I saw a little baby peeping out from under the leaves while my mom and I were checking out, but when I got home and repotted this girl, I realized that it was actually a teeny tiny baby propagating itself off a fallen leaf! It even had roots, they just hadn’t quite established themselves in the soil yet! I ended up planting it on its own in a pot, and now have fingers crossed that it establishes its roots and grows on its own!
#13: Marjorie! Marjorie is a Watch Chain (Crassula lycopodioides) succulent that I got a week ago to celebrate moving/getting out of my toxic apartment. She was from Home Depot, and the only reason I know what she is is because her little plastic pot has a mini 'bio' sticker on it with some information about her. Marjorie, like Yaw, is named for a character in Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing. Fun fact: my mom, who is not much of a succulent fan, loved Marjorie so much that she threatened to steal her when she visited me! (Another fun fact: tomorrow is my birthday! I'll be 21!!!) Next up: Rogue
Remember when I said I'd post some of my vegetarian recipes? Well, I'm hoping to actually type them up soon, but for now, here's one of my faves: Ingredients:* Approx. 1/3-1/2c. Trader Joe's Harvest Grains Blend** 1 T butter 1 Red bell pepper 1/2 large onion (I used white here, but any kind is fine!) Approx. 1/2-1 C green beans OR sugar snap peas (I prefer the snap peas) 1/2 C yellow corn 1/2 C steamed peas 1/3 C EVOO 1/2 T minced garlic Instructions: 1. Prepare peas, corn, green beans/snap peas as needed (steamed or boiled is best 2. Boil water--measure water in a 1:3 ratio to the grains, so here I would do 1/3 C grains to 1 C water. Once boiling, add the butter and grains and simmer until water is absorbed, about 10 minutes. 3. In a skillet/frying pan, add the EVOO, all veggies except the peas, and garlic. Over medium heat, stir-fry the veggies until the onions are clear. 4. Transfer grains to a bowl, and add the desired amount of veggies on top, as well as the peas.*** 5. Serve and enjoy! *NOTE: this particular recipe is designed to serve one person, but there will be leftovers of the veggies! **If you don't have a Trader Joe's nearby, or can't find this mix, it's made primarily of couscous, with red quinoa, mini garbanzo beans, and one or two other grains. ***The only reason I add the peas later is because I don't like them stir-fried. You could totally add them to the pan and stir-fry them as well!
#4: Maggie
Maggie was actually one of my first plants! I got her (along with a few others) at the beginning of my senior year of college. Unfortunately, I had a really rough semester following, and between not caring enough about anything to water my plants, as well as lugging them back and forth to Pennsylvania a few times, I nearly killed all of them. A few days before this picture, I finally trimmed all of the dead stalks and leaves off of Maggie so she could start growing new shoots, and she’s already doing great. Maggie is a majesty palm, and, after the last semester, has proven to be insanely hearty! I hope she’ll make it a lot longer, because she’s a great reminder to me about how no matter how bad things get, it’s always possible to come back.
Next week: Sinead!
Awake! Awake!
You're nothing but a blue coated undertaker
And your corpse
Is screaming for its maker
You preserve yourself
With human alcohol
Deep inside yourself
You're lifeless as a doll
Whose head you stuff with the straw of imagination
Whose nothingness
Is your measure of frustration
Whose plaster cast
Is a mushroom white death 'pall
Whose frozen lips
Somehow say it all
Awake! Awake! The love you take
is the love you have to give
Be free! Be free! and you will see
the life you have to live
Come outside
don't run and hide
Breathe the open air
Chase the wind and you will find
the answer waiting there
You're Prometheus without any fire
But your limbs
Are still fastened with strong wire
To a ragged rock
Crows circle over head
And don't it feel so good
To pretend that you're dead
For all your friends gathered 'round and weeping
And all the time
Your rigid soul is just sleeping
Till years pass
As if but a bitter dream
And can you guess
What does all this mean?
Awake! Awake! The love you take
is the love you have to give
Be free! Be Free! and you will see
the life you have to live
Come outside
don't run and hide
Breathe the open air
Chase the wind and you will find
the answer waiting there
