Oh, Mr. Griffin..

So you know by now that I love plants. But my love is not as big as Christopher Griffin's. That's for sure! Given that I live in a basement garden apartment, I do not have a lot of windows, but if I did, I think I would have gone as green as Christopher. This pandemic I think has woken up the plant maniac in many a person. To tell you the truth, I did discover that I really like plants. They bring life into the most barren spaces and provide oxygen to your place. Who knew?

I got into plants during the pandemic in a more serious way, but I have always had a plant or two living with me. I've dragged plants with me for YEARS (I have two that are more than ten years old!) and have rescued and killed so many now that I have lost count. I think that I am more of a plant person than a pet person (I can take care of a pet for a day or two, but that's about it) and even though I have been known to not mist them twice a week, I've managed to keep them alive and thriving. 

Some people take indoor gardening very seriously (Christopher measures the light coming in from South-facing windows!) but I basically go with low-light/ bright light plants and that's about it. Having windows facing only one side of my humble abode, I can only have windows in one side of my basement place. But I manage. Everything I have could live in the rain forest somewhere. 

Like Christopher, though. I find that taking care of the plants helps me zone out and it's definitely therapeutical to just think about the plants and what they need. I think that something similar occurs with people with pets: they focus on something that is not themselves and that provides some solace from things like this fucking pandemic. For me, having plants is also going to come in handy during the winter months too. You know how cold it gets here in the Midwest and in no time we'll be under three feet of snow. I will not be going out to the garden as much as I did during the spring-summer-fall seasons and my plants will still give me the idea of 'green', even when I'm inside and surrounded by twigs and snow. 

I think that plants also give your space a sense of belonging. Many of you have your own houses, so creating that idea of 'ownership' comes from other sources (paying that mortgage is one of them) but for others, that comes from things like plants, that ground and bring that homey feeling that some rental spaces lack. So plants are pretty, they help you relax and they help you feel a little bit more rooted. No pun intended. So what's not to like?

XOXO