MadSnapper Trivia
Remember the Robe Incident from 2 days back? Now, I will share the reason for the slop jar.
MadSnapper is afraid of the dark, have been since birth. There was no way I would go down the steps into a dark basement and out the door and down the hill to the outhouse IN THE DARK.. Daddy got the slop jar for me. He would not let me have it in the house, but placed it on the top step to the steps that went down into that dark basement with a dirt floor. The steps were the boards that have no back, just empty backs.
If I put my feet on the second step, something could reach through the back of the step out of the DARK and grab me. SO. Picture me trying to use that pot without putting my feet on the second step.. Sorry if that mind image just ruined your day. The Dark, to be continued.
24 comments:
I love the series of shots as the plant come to life and then flowers, that takes a lot of patience.
Oh my goodness, it's a wonder you weren't traumatized for life. Can't wait to hear the next installment on this story.
what's the name? You find them in South East Asia too.
Oh my! That is funny....but I am certain it wasn't for you when you were young.... The pics are beautiful!
You captured a beautiful series as it grew and the grand finally which is a stunning flower.
Nicely done, Sandra.
I have one of these...they're called Mexican Bird of Paradise. I brought some seed pods from Arizona when we moved to Texas and planted the seed pod...it's growing!!!
BOTTOMS UP is my Wednesday post link.
Have a glorious day!
Gracious! Your stick certainly bloomed!!!
Very cute story from out of the past.
You poor little thing... Couldn't you get some adult to go down there in the daytime, and look and see what was sticking through the steps?
Probably just some wispy thing, on the top of some old thing. It could have been moved, and no longer bother you, at night.
-sigh-
you can skip a few details, okay?! :)
pretty, pretty blooms!
Such a pretty series of photos! I can't wait to have blooms like that from the seeds you gave us. :) I feel for you! I wouldn't want to go in that basement! I was the same way about the dark when I was a kid.
What a lovely series of budding pictures. The plant looks like some type of fern? I had no idea they bloomed.
Slop pot of my word...they were hard enough to use on a flat floor I cannot imagine your predicament.
Hugs Madi and Mom
Love the series of photos-I'm so glad you took them so you could put them together here!
I forgot to say-my Granny called it a slop jar too : )
What a gorgeous plant...I loved seeing it "in progress" The end product is stunning!
Dying to hear the rest of the story. You have a way of making my day start great!!!!!!!!!
I love seeing the pictures of the plants progress. And you poor baby - funny - do you like the dark now? I love the dark.
sandie
I'm glad you kept an eye on that stick. The blossoms are gorgeous.
My grandparents had an outhouse, but at least we didn't have to go down into the basement to get out.
That's what I love about nature, from something as plain as a stick a beautiful thing is born.
thanks for the lovely pictures.
Briony
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absolutely loved seeing that beautiful plant in progress.
such gorgeous blossoms!
would love to be there right now.
that is some fabulous stick transformation. I wonder if I can get the sticks in my yard to to that :)
That simple stick transforms into beautiful flowers.
That is sure a pretty flower- and your potty story made me laugh out loud!
so pretty...
That's the coolest plant. How do you find them? What is it??
Ha----my mind is imagining you and the slop jar... You need to write a book called "Little Sandra and her Slop Jar"... ha ha
Beautiful little flowers... What is that 'stick' plant anyhow??? Do you ever have to water your yard?
Hugs,
Betsy
You have the most intriguing plants in your yard.
I have found your story interesting...thank goodness I barely remember having to use an outhouse at home...but that is what we had the first 8 years of school.
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