Our pink hibiscus bloomed beautifully today to welcome our very first enrolment to Orion Preschool. It starts to feel like school again when we hear the voices of teachers singing nursery songs and the sounds of children's laughter (and occasional crying).
Like us, our little nursery (pun alert) is also exhibiting some green shoots of growth. Or at least for the kai lan and sunflower seeds. We would obviously like to take credit for it, but it's really just how nature intended seeds to function.
So hopefully the weekend of neglect will not do too much damage to the seedlings, and they will be just about ready when the children visit the week after to help us transfer them into the vegetable patch.
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| The pink hibiscus bloomed gloriously today. The photo doesn't do justice to the brilliance of the hue, but we'll enjoy it while it lasts. Alas, the impermanence of beauty! |
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| Fret not. The flower buds of the yellow hibiscus appear to be bursting out of its sepal ring. |
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| Even the Lemon Balm which was admitted to plant ICU showed some green shoots of recovery, after the teachers and aunty trimmed off the dried-up parts. If it is able to pull through this weekend, the prognosis could be positive. |
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| Congratulations, you have a kai lan! Okay, it's not quite as momentous as giving birth, and you have to strain your eyes a little to make out the little shoots, but the kai lan appears to be quite prolific, while only a handful of sunflower seedlings have wriggled their way up to the surface. All is quiet on the chilli front. And the okra (ladies' finger) too. Perhaps Ms Beth covered them too deep in the soil, but they should eventually find their way out. |
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