It’s 11 am on a Sunday morning, and it’s raining. Even though everyone is pretty sick of the rain, after 2+ weeks of nothing but, this morning’s rain is rather pleasant. Maybe it’s just having grown up in a farming area prone to draughts, but hearing this kind of rain–steady and soaking, but not pounding [...]
Posts Tagged ‘basil plant’
raining
Posted in regular, summer, year 1, tagged basil plant, friends, graduation, parties, rain on Sunday 8 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
miscellany
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged basil plant, cold, hair, hot chocolate, Ikea, rain, roommates on Sunday 7 October, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Lucius (the basil plant, remember) is wilting and we don’t know why. He has a sunny window and plenty of water. Maybe it’s getting too cold for him outside? Yesterday when Emily and I began the hour-long trek to the train station it was hot enough that we were uncomfortable in the jeans we were [...]
on basil plants, children, and homeless dogs
Posted in autumn, reflective, regular, year 1, tagged apartment, basil plant, Bologna, children, firsts, homeless, puppies, roommates on Tuesday 2 October, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Another landmark—we have officially kept our basil plant alive for one whole month. Not just alive, but thriving. His name is Lucius. Not quite as nice as a cat, but he’ll do. In other news, Emily has returned to us from Florence and we’ve moved into our new apartment! It’s lovely—spacious and airy, with lots [...]
