Pteridomania

I haven't even thought of using a blog in a long time. But with the purchase of a boathouse, and the upgrade of having  a million times more space than a 32ft boat, a new obsession of mine has been released. House plants. House plants everywhere. It started out innocent enough, we had plants on the boat, we grew our own mint and basil for drinks, and I always filled the space with fresh flower, and there was a succulent or cacti brought home for me from the boyfriend, and a snake plant hidden somewhere. So I probably had about eight plants all together at the most, and I was totally content that the space was filled. And then we moved. And then there were so many empty spaces, and so much light, and so many possibilities.

I think some of our first roommates included my huuge fern, I have always wanted a massive fern. Ferns are the only thing for me that Alberta is lacking, and my favorite reason to be outside. All of the freaking BC ferns. 
Then I remember there were two days in a row at work right before my birthday where I picked up a hanging plant on my lunch break and left it on the desk, then my birthday came and I was gifted another hanging basket. And a couple cacti and a palm from Ikea when we went bed shopping.

Then all of the sudden I have over 50 house plants. I blame this obsession to joining a bunch of Facebook plant groups that normalized having plants taking over rooms. If I see something I haven't seen before I need to have it, if leaves get broken off I need to see if I can propagate and grow a new one. This whole world of houseplants has been unleashed on me and I feel the need to document it.
I love checking back in and seeing the progress on how my plant has grown and how my indoor jungle is taking over.

Since 50 plus plants would be a lot to include in one post I am going to start off with a couple of my all time favourite plants and their stories so far.

 My Prayer Plant. ( I will add  the scientific name later. ) This guy is one of my favourites for the reason that he ( most of my plants are he's to me ) closes up at night, just like in the picture. How incredible is it for a plant to show such life! He also has the most beautiful leaves, and I love how they are mauve underneath.
This guys Isn't the easiest to take care of. From my understanding he likes indirect light, Direct light has caused a couple of brown spots, lots of moisture! He gets watered at least once a week, and high humidity. He is much happier in the bathroom and he has started getting mistings. He still has a little browning along the edges but I am problem solving that to see if it is the water, I have been giving him regular tap water, so now I am trying to let the tap water sit out overnight before I use it on him.

 My Fantastic Fern! Way to make me feel like I live in an old forest. This guy is huge and massive and from day one since I brought him home from the florist he has been nothing more than incredible. Everyone says that ferns are super tricky to have thrive indoors and I have had some very jealous friends when they see how big and happy this guy is. As per instruction by the floorist this guy gets soaked twice a day till he starts draining out of the bottom, that has seemed to be enough to keep him more than happy. I have started misting him once a day to try to make him even more happier. I tried epsom salt mixed in the water recently because I heard that it is a great fertilizer and I would be more than happy if this guy took over my house. It seems that the epsom salt might have browned him a little bit but nothing else bad has happened. He lives up on my fridge out of direct sunlight bug right next to a super bright window and this seems like the perfect combination for him.

August 16th 2011

So , I've got a little bit of catching up to do.

This past week I was camping in beautiful British Columbia with my mom and my boyfriend. I was a little skeptical of how the week would be at first because the place didn't look that great online. It was also very hard to find, but once we did, wow. It was actually a gorgeous place. I was scared that we would be cramped with all other campers around, but there was no one else tenting and we had the most beautiful campsite with such a great view of the lake and mountains through the trees , right beside a water fall.

So we got their monday, Jorelle had spent the night Sunday , in the guest room of course, we all woke up at five thirty and were out of the house a little after six and spent a very long time on the road , over ten hours . That included stops though, we then set up the tents and met my aunt and uncle who rented a cabin and the same place as us , which was great.

While we were there we met a friend , Miko the dog who belonged to the camp owners , and she was there while we were just sitting at our campsite , to down at the beach ( which was only a two minute walk from our site ) to play games.

We spent the week not doing much, some time at the beach , some time at the local markets, a day in the city but it was really wonderful, and BC has the beast fresh fruit.

August 7th 2011

I WANT ONE OF THESE BABY PARROTLETS. On top is a male , selling for 220 , one the bottom the green female is selling for 150. I want the boy but thats a lot of money. I guess I'll just wait until I get back from camping , I leave tomorrow. I just don't know how to decided >.< I love him allready but he is a lot of money , but he will live twenty to thirty years , so the extra money is worth is right ? >.> GAH

June 27th , 2011

So lately with having more time with summer , I've felt like trying more things with my look. Recently , I've really been loving doing pin up inspired hair and makeup. I've actually started wearing lipstick :3 , which if you know me or even have seen me , you know there is only one thing I ever put on my lips , lip balm , and lots and lots of it. More every couple of minutes , and it isn't because I am obsessed with keeping my lips smooth, but I have very dry eczema like skin around my mouth and if i don't do it I get the most painful dry ugly skin around my mouth. I don't put anything else on my lips because it never really lasts too long and it is too much work for me. ;3

Besides pin up hair and makeup , I've been really loving high wasted pants and shorts , not only do they look really cool, there is no chance of love handles! : )
A couple of days ago , my family stopped in for lunch on their way out to camping and they brought their dogs , so I had spent a couple of hours out back getting cuddled by a total of four dogs , oh how I love animals.
This is Hannah , the fifth? She's huge , yet she still likes to think she is a lap dog.

After they all left , my boyfriend and I went out on a mission to find a little pool that was not blow up so our dogs could play in it because lately Murphy has developed a tick for trying to swim in his water bowl and getting water all over the floor .

As soon as we started filling it up he was excited and thought it was a big water bowl then we finally got him in it , the only way he would sit down is if he was sitting down on my lap in it . So cute : )

Anyways right now I'm looking up things to do around BC as my mom and I are planning on going camping in a couple of weeks , which is always wonderful, and this time my boyfriend is aloud to come with us. : )