just visiting

plants fill my home. each has a special place for me as i tend to them each week. water, food, sometimes moved into the sunlight, sometimes taken outside. each is a small treasure. it helps clean the air of this house, provides colour at times when there is not much colour to be seen, and softens the space. the japanese poet basho knew of their value when he wrote . . .

for a lovely bowl
let us arrange these
flowers...
since there is no rice

basho


coleus are native to tropical africa, asia, australia, the east indies, the malay archipelago, and the philippines. i can't remember a time when there hasn't been one somewhere in my home. what a lucky person!!

the one in the picture above is enjoying summer on my deck. far from its ancestor's home. but very welcome!!!