of course, i hear that in montypythonese in my head.

we made it back from san diego, i think half the plane was our luggage. conversely, without the kid we could have traveled with a toothbrush and one change of clothes for the week... oh well. monkeybaby is superfantastic and while not great on planes, worth the bother in general :)

so. something which is not baby or knitting related: yesterday i was at the store and they had a cute little selection of hens and chicks plants for sale outside. of course, growing up in california succulents were nearly as common as dirt and i never much thought about them. but at my dear friend grace's place on the beach, she has many little containers of pretty plants (and some big containers of pretty plants) that i have a bit of an ache for since the cats decided years ago that i wasn't allowed house plants. so, probably holding off on the orchids and such for now, but i figured i could try for a pretty little plant for the kitchen window and hope that luna the maine coon won't notice it.

i had to look up hens and chicks. apparently there are many varieties, and they are so pretty. if you go here you can see the beautiful people planting some. as a side note, it does make me happy that the nice young hipsters are doing the green thing. i only say that in that way because in my head i am that girl. in reality, well, i'm not in my 20s and my back hurts.

i really love having plants, and now that it's spring, i'm itchy to surround myself in greenery. there is still so much to be done in the garden, but one step at a time. oh, and the climbing moonbeam hydrangea has put out it's spring leaves. everything is starting.

i think if you live where it's sunny all the time you don't appreciate these moments of new growth. you may take that as a larger philosophical statement as well.