odd living things

i spent part of the day on saturday replacing the sky pencil i bought back in may, which has since died under my care. i originally bought it to help spruce up the front porch, but when it turned brown i think it just ended up making me look like i had gotten trapped under something heavy indoors.

my faux shamrock [zoom] and coleus [zoom] are doing well, though, so in reality i'm sure the neighbors probably still think i'm alive.

anyway, to replace the sky pencil i bought two things: a new hosta [zoom] called "sum and substance" which i really love, and a weird-looking thing called "flying dragon" [zoom]. it's actually not too friendly-looking --did you look at that close-up photo??-- as it is covered with incredibly impressive thorns. still, i was drawn to it in all its scraggly oddness. it's supposed to have orange fruit in the fall, and the tag said that the "stems provide unique winter interest."

when all the new stuff had been potted and arranged on the porch, i still felt like something was missing. i wanted to put some kind of art on the wall next to the door.

i scratched my head for a minute, then ran inside, took sarah & georg's beautiful housewarming gift (a blue & green tiled mirror) out of the kitchen and mounted it on the wall outside. and i LOVE it.

Posted by xta at July 24, 2005 11:42 AM | TrackBack