It's an Air Plant; it was presented as a hostess gift to me on Thursday by my sister-in-law. "What does it need?" was my question to her. "
The basics" came her reply, "light, an occasional misting, that's all." Wow. It is elegant in it's simplicity and mystifying at the same time. I have sat, over the last few days, at our kitchen table and contemplated
the basics while studying this very terrarium. Aren't we all a little bit like this plant-in-a-bottle? We truly
need so very little. I
had become, admittedly
, a news junkie over the last few years, it was taking an emotional toll on me too; I am happy to report that I am one no longer. I do watch the local news before 7 AM, after that the television is shut off for the remainder of the day. I listen to music now when I am at home or in the car; I have become especially fond of dulcimer music and have a little collection amassed, it is just as refreshing to me as a misting of water might be this Air Plant. I don't have my head in the sand, (but my feet are firmly planted!) I can look around in every direction, the way is well lit. I know now what I need to survive, to thrive:
the basics. It really is just that simple! My sister-in-law told me that she has a plant like this and that hers blooms; I like thinking about that.
Life is Good!
