P.S. to Prior Post on Alva.

 

Today's Post is a P.S. to Prior Post on Alva. 

Ginny made a comment, Why Alva? she is named after my Florida Grandmother. Ginny said, it needs to be pinched back, and to root the pieces I cut off.. that sent me into research mode

 After much research, which I shared with Bob,  thehubbywhoknowseverything, said I should have done said research before the purchase of Alva.

1. she is toxic to cats and dogs

2.  Agressive climber, can reach those long streamers can grow up to 15 feet long .

3.  If you put it outdoors in Florida, it can cover your entire house in a year

4. Creeping fig is vulnerable to a variety of pests common to the indoors, including aphids, mealybug, scale, and whitefly

5. It propagates easily, but then who cares? not me.... 

I found that Alva, the Creeping Fig, is a Creep! She can turn into a monster.  I also found the reason she love that wall on the shelf and thrives. They love humidity and heat and 6 to 8 hours a day of bright light but no direct sun.... That is a description of my Florida Kitchen.

Below are 3 links that I spent time with.  I thought about planting her in a bird cage, out on the front porch but she would be dead of lack of water in a couple of weeks because Senior Memory only waters what is Right In My FACE

Creeping Fig: Indoor Plant Care & Growing Guide (thespruce.com)

How to Trim Creeping Fig - Miss Smarty Plants

Here is a Video on YouTube tellin How to Move from Aquarium to a Bird Cage..

today is Sunday Selfie so here you go... now I am wondering if Amazon has one of these seflie stands.

HANG ON WHILE I CHECK........ IT DOES, just search seflie stand with ring light. Shall I????

Sunshine Shadows on....

what is this?

Pothos Plant hanging in kitchen.

Dew Drops On Nature Friday

While weighing myself on the scales in the kitchen, I felt a droplet hit my arm.

I water this plant every Saturday morning and all through the week, it drips from leaf tips and cuts where I trimmed it.

Dew Drops in my kitchen, makes me happy! I have noticed this plant never needs dusting, unlike fake plants .

Joining In Nature Friday from my kitchen.

This past Saturday, I put the 2 cups of water in the plant, and realized I had NOT swept the kitchen first which is my routine.

The dirt by the door got damp from dripping water, which when routine is followed.

My personal Mop Guy mops the kitchen, after I sweep dirt and dog hair.

This time the broom smeared and you know The Rest Of The Story

Handy Photo Bomber

Our Pothos in the kitchen corner is 5 feet long now and getting bigger and bigger. I have to trim it about once a month. I placed two pieces in my glass container full of water and they have grown 4 inches in a few weeks.. Just Because I could.

Just as I snapped the photo Bob reached out to turn on the faucet and photo bombed my pic. Of course the TV photo bomb is always there.

Epipremnum aureum - Pothos

Flash Lighting

It was still dark outside when the urge to snap hit me, The flash on the camera was as always not good. I grabbed the flashlight.

The only plant I don't kill is this Pothos, it has been hanging in the corner of my kitchen since 1989. Repotted by Bob, who is the green thumb person. He has repotted it 3 times in 27 years, it lives ON.

Warning, if you live in Florida and throw the trimmings out on the ground it will thrive and take over your yard and fence and even grow to the top of a tree. I know from Experience.

Teaser for tomorrows post, What is This?

Shadows In My Kitchen

Each afternoon, between 6 and 6:30, the sun is sinking in the West and makes these shadows on my kitchen wall. since the Pothos does not like direct light, I tilt the blinds to keep if off, but yesterday I took time to capture the golden light, Just For You...

The good news is, it only does this in the winter time, which is when we need the warmth and beauty... Hope this sun glow makes you feel as happy as it does me.

Still Searching for Autumn in Florida

 Inside my kitchen, a dead leaf on my pothos. I did not change the color, just used macro lens

 I found autumn colors next door to my almost ready to put out their legs tadpoles in the rain barrel

Q. What do goblins and ghosts drink when they're hot and thirsty on Halloween? A. Ghoul-aid!!!

Found these little cuties on the front desk at my favorite Rehab Facility.

Sun Paintings In My Kitchen

Evening Sun paints my Pothos that hangs in the corner of the kitchen and is the cause of much happiness as i wait each day to see what it paints. I love the shadows on the wall.

 The morning sun streams in the other window painting everything in sight. Each day it moves and paints something new.

A day without sunshine is like......

 well, night