tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post2239743617445560633..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Why are there only blizzards when I have to walk between cities for an appointment? (Now with images.)chris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-12274117926730799292013-02-08T16:01:57.265-05:002013-02-08T16:01:57.265-05:00You still have a zillion hydroponic houseplants, I...<i>You still have a zillion hydroponic houseplants, I see.</i><br /><br />Rather more than before. Part of it is that after the living room plant <a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2012/08/hacksign-lets-all-get-together.html" rel="nofollow">came crashing down</a> I ended up having to tie it back up with rope, the practical result of which was that it couldn't be rotated without a great degree of difficulty.<br /><br />Now I've never been all that big on rotating plants in general, as evidenced by the fact that the hanging plant in my room has all of it's life on one side. But the living room plant did get rotated (180 degrees for there was no other option) at least on occasion.<br /><br />The crashing down itself produced a bunch of new plants in need of water, but the staying one side to the light one side to the inside also had the effect of making a lot of the light deprived mini-plants on the not-light side less than viable.<br /><br />I've seen similar things happen when a plant sends a shoot beyond the realm of light, but not when the thing at the end is a fully developed plant.<br /><br />Anyway, when I realized that the main plant had written them off and they were slowly dying of dehydration because the shoots to them had dried up and died, I plucked them and put them in water. (And I went through the difficulty of rotating the plant in hopes of preserving what was still viable on that side.)<br /><br />Of course some have fared better than others and there have been unfortunate losses.<br /><br />Not the least of which being the root system that, against all possible odds, went on living and living without any leaves to feed it. Every so often it would put out the beginnings of leaves only to decide against it and let them die off before anything came of them. I'm not entirely sure how such a life was possible as, so far as I know, the roots do not photosynthesize.<br /><br />Until midway through describing it, it was literally lost. Where other things were content to die off, it had disappeared entirely.<br /><br />I have since found what I think is it, fallen into another plant's... um, I'm going to say ferret water bowl but I really have no idea.<br /><br />I had expected to find it dry and shriveled up, instead I found it over-saturated. I think I'm going to have to let it dry out for a bit before I give it any water of its own. Pretty sure it's dead though.<br /><br />That said, if I've learned nothing else, it's that you should not write off a plant until it's been given a chance. Things that look like dead lumps of matter will sprout impressive leaves. On the other hand things you were sure would survive will die off no matter how hard you try to tend them.<br /><br />It's unpredictable, it is.<br /><br />-<br /><br />Also the pineapple (didn't have that last time) seems to be doing fine, though I somehow doubt it'll grow another fruit unless I take it out of the applesauce jar full of water and put it in some actual dirt.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-67481040233801743382013-02-08T12:45:56.178-05:002013-02-08T12:45:56.178-05:00If you're wondering how one can say, "Hot...<em> If you're wondering how one can say, "Hot as Hell," for extremely hot and, "Cold as Hell," for extremely cold, read some Dante</em><br /><br />There's also the general phrase "[adjective] as [swearword]", which may or may not have come about from overgeneralising "hot as hell".<br /><br />Our dog refused to go out for a morning walk today on the basis that the snow was roughly as tall as he is, perhaps a little more. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wts2008.jpg" rel="nofollow">Which isn't <em>that</em> tall</a>*, but still.) First time the snow's gotten that high this winter.<br /><br />You still have a zillion hydroponic houseplants, I see.<br /><br />*Note: not actually our dog. (He could never pull off a showcut.)Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034585577015417306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-84781848333479537952013-02-08T12:35:35.689-05:002013-02-08T12:35:35.689-05:00I called up to see if it is still on, answer: Yes,...I called up to see if it is still on, answer: Yes, if I want it to be.<br /><br />So I could have canceled with none of the usual "You didn't give us enough warning," problems. But I didn't.<br /><br />I was going to walk in but I decided to call family first. So it looks like I'll be getting a ride.<br /><br />It presumably could be rescheduled but one of the things is that if I miss it I'll run out of medication, (need new prescriptions and such) so it's really better if I can make it.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-69203015861231318392013-02-08T11:59:52.005-05:002013-02-08T11:59:52.005-05:00I hope your appointment can be (or has been) resch...I hope your appointment can be (or has been) rescheduled. Stay safe!depizanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718932582443559617noreply@blogger.com