Hypocrites

Do they grow at your place? I love them. I never remember their real name without looking it up because I grew up only hearing hypocrites......mock poinsettias. They grow like a weed. Once you get them, they are every where. They have a minimal root system though and pull out with no effort so I've never considered them a pest.

 A few years of bad weather late in the season and most haven't had a chance to set seed. Since they are annuals, there have been fewer every year to the point they are almost gone. I always yank them out of the Christmas Cactus pots when I spot them as they are usually plentiful in the yard. Not last year though. I babied this one through winter last year after discovering in the pot when I moved the tropicals indoors. Come spring it got transplanted with the big cc. It loved the good soil and became massive, a good 2.5' across and 3' tall. Usually they are scraggly one or two stem 10"-12" things. I took this photo a month or two back. It's already October and it is getting chilly outside. Seeds still aren't ready so I'm becoming concerned for next year.

He's baccckkk....

That durn bug keeps biting me. For whatever reason, spinning brought it out of hiding and it won't leave me alone. I want a loom. That pesky bug picked on me for months back in 2009 but I managed to distract him. Now here he is again.

Back in 2009, I made a loom list. I did manage to talk myself down from a floor loom due to space constraints and reality of my super busy life. A rigid heddle loom sounded just fine. Size was still being debated. Life interfered like usual and loom thoughts had to be pushed aside. Here I go again though. Going over the list and doing some quick research, my tastes seem to have remained the same. Reality is I don't have time for weaving. As it is, to spin, I give up sleep. To knit, I skip meals or make do with fast meals (cooked from scratch but plain and super fast), along with sleep. To sew or doing needlework/embroidery, I have to fit a stitch in where I can. Still I want a loom......