Saturday, September 21, 2013

Sunflower(s) in bloom

It's been a long time since I've written a post and I have to say I really missed it... N's health was a bit of a concern during July and that was enough to turn everything upside down and change priorities. It's funny to realise that since the blog is something I do for myself, it immediately falls off the radar as soon as there's lots to do. I really need to change that, but that's a topic for another post...

Now that the Summer is over, I just wanted to update you on N's little sunflowers. Back in May we planted some sunflower seeds (see older post) and this is how we got on since then:

When the seedlings were big enough we transferred them to a bigger pot.

N added a little windmill to keep the flowers entertained



N had a bit of help watering the plants

"Here are my sunflower plants!"- said N


We had a few watering sessions once in a while (only these two survived, the one on the left... well that barely qualifies as surviving...)
"It's always more fun to water the floor mummy! Things don't always have to make sense ;)"
"Give me a hug daddy, all this gardening has drained me out!"

And here it is, and I think it looks just beautiful!

It was an interesting coincidence that the only plant to blossom into a proper flower was the first one that N planted herself (it was easy to keep track of which one that was because it had lost a leaf). Maybe little N has been blessed with green fingers. She didn't get them from me, if her daddy is to be believed...