<p>Plant is now officially at the curb awaiting tomorrows trash pick up. Plant debris pick up is still pending.</p>
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<p>busdriver, H and I used to have many healthy house plants. The moment I gave birth to S, I stopped taking care of them. We now have a few stunted plants that H has managed to keep alive. Maybe once D16 leaves the nest, I will start caring for them again! (The ones in the dining room that have survived are a spindly philodendron and one that we call a “mallflower.” If you’ve ever been in a mall, you’ve seen one!)</p>
<p>^^I don’t know, PNW, by now, bad habits have set in. I wonder if we have the same dying plants, I think we have some spindly philodendrons too. My husband takes care of them quite lovingly, and as soon as he leaves…they are neglected. Until the day he is coming home and it reminds me, oops, better overwater those suckers! They must be confused. He started so many of these from just a few plants. Jade plants are amazing, you can’t kill them if you try (or should I say when I try).</p>
<p>Actually those plants just creep me out. Their beady little eyes, aways looking at me.</p>
<p>Usually there’s a slubbed silk runner and a Lenox bowl on our dining room table. Both are changed seasonally. Yesterday, while clearing out a large closet upstairs, I found a crocheted tablecloth made by my dear Nana. It’s a bit too small for our table. The overhang is only about 3" - 4" all around, but I don’t care because I get a warm feeling whenever I pass by the room. One of her depression glass bowls is now in the center. It’s also a bit undersized and will probably be moved to a side table in the living room as soon as I get motivated to polish an old Gorham silver bowl that would look better there.</p>
<p>Recently, we had friends over for dinner and I used another of Nana’s tablecloths along with some napkins she embroidered. They were worried about spilling and staining the fabric, so I pointed out several places (hidden beneath plates) where her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren had left their marks. Nana would have much preferred that we use her linens and china than to leave them packed away and forgotten.</p>
<p>Absolutely nothing, no dust either, thanks to cleanning lady. No cover, not a single thing. We rarely used it, we have a normal kitshen table. Nothing on that one except for a cover.</p>
<p>A lace runner, a crystal bowl, and cat paw prints. The cats are too smart to ever be caught on the table, but their little tracks in the glossy finish are a dead giveaway.</p>