On Wednesday I skipped out of the co-op in the middle of my shift and excitedly trailed Gayle through the aisles of Doran's, the wholesale florists' shop where we source our houseplants and cut blooms.
a perfect lady slipper with a big purple tongue
We inhaled a good deal of fresh chlorophyll and scooped up a big cart full of kalanchoe, ivy, lady slippers, croton, little lemon cypress trees, ferns and a few wily bonzai, in addition to other things I've since forgotten.
a lovely little kalanchoe
In this drab time of year, more temperate climates (like the one we seem to be moving toward) retain their green hues in mosses and grasses, but generally the outside world is gray//brown//beige during our Decembers. Although everyone has killed at least one house-or-apartment-plant, they are really generally easy, and taking care of something so simple and beneficial certainly helps me feel more alive in wintertime.
one of these plants is currently receiving therapeutic care
Correction: One cannot inhale chlorophyll, as far as I know. But one CAN inhale a lot of very fresh oxygen, in one's own room, with the help of some happy and active plants!
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