JBot Mania

So again at 6:20am, I was out watering my plants. Today I focused almost exclusively on my trees. I’m a little concerned because they seem to be showing some signs of dry leaves, as you might be able to see from this very blurry picture.

Today I drenched them to the point of several times having a pool of water form and yet, I still think they are thirsty.

Greedy, greedy is what they are.

I also debased myself by getting on my hands and knees and giving each individual plant it’s own gulp from the JBot Hose of Progress™. I don’t get on my hands and knees for anything (Hi-yo!). Hopefully this will encourage them to stick around for a while.

I also did some clipping to get rid of those withering roses or dried bits that are inevitable in a flower bed. Happily, though, it turned out that some of the roses that were left were quite nice.

My sunflowers also seem to be perking up, as you can see from their many buds. Hopefully they will have the strength to push on when I no longer say sweet absolute-nothings into their pedal covered ears.

Flowers really have become classified in my mind much the same way stuffed animals or pets are. I could conceivably talk to them and I have already created some elaborate backstories. The azalea below, for instance, when we found her was heavily entangled with another much larger plant. In order to survive, she grew sideways and underneath the other plant. Once we freed her I gave her a little pep talk about not letting her man keep her down. It is now essential that she and the one other azalea that we saved (roughly 10% of the original) live to become hearty and full plants—to show that fucker who’s boss.

All in all, I’m quite surprised at my level of commitment to this very small flower bed that I now own. I’m keeping the faith my sistas, faith that I can keep my bushes wet and my trees tall. Mmm hmm…