Just a pretty normal Sunday is what today had to be. You know, the usual stuff like music, chilling time on the sun, family, hive, plants on the balcony, walk and more hive. It had to be... but so far, it is not just a normal one. First of all, it is cloudy and rainy at my place! The first association to a sunny day has fallen into the water already early in the morning. How lucky I am my Sunday morning gig is indoor, just my way there and back was affected a bit by the raindrops. You can take a look at how those drops were blurring my sight, most of the time.
Until I remembered!!!
Wipers could help, right?
After that big discovery, everything was more clear!!
Well, this gif I made out from a video I recorded, a bit longer one coming out from several of those tunnels, but as this is not a post with a video and no music will be presented here, let us leave it just as a gif.
The next surprise that didn't match my initial plan was the fact that we didn't have a stable (well,
we didn't have any) internet connection for some time. Even the mobile data was so slow and bad, that the day started to be an official off-grid day. Woohoo! That had to be used for educational purposes, and make my son practise the violin. I almost had success, but the thing came back after some hours.
Well, it is good as this way I can write the newest edition of my Sunday guessing game post. No smoothies, no music and no metronomes. We are going to the world of succulents.
So these are some of my loved plants that make my balcony more interesting and bring some life to it. And work. However, the small plants don't require a lot of effort. I got many of them via hive connection and they are doing great. They are all growing so nicely and some of them had flowers already. The lucky bells. From the three Elmo baby cacti, I gave one to my friend who lives in Valencia. Also, I gave her the children of the big fuzzy plant that had her episode of falling.
I planted the cuttings and three of those small ones went to that friend too. She is a succulent lover also, when we walk together and see some plants, she likes to have some cuttings and our plant world is always growing with new succulents. This plant was also a baby once back in time when we brought it home.
It is so nice now but came home in the form of just two small cuttings.
I think they like their new home...
Most of them are getting new leaves and new nice patterns. I suppose winter is the time when they grow most. The climate here also helps as the winters are not so cold. When not rainy, as today it is, the balcony receives sun during the winter, so they indeed enjoy the place.
This cute one was also just a small cutting, but it is growing together with two other plants in the same pot. It is not a real community pot, as the pot is not so big. Just a cosy home for Lucky Bells, Shrek Ears and this cute one that has no name (any help to identify the ID of it?)
Aloe Vera. The plant I am most proud of. It is constantly growing and it is becoming more difficult to have it under control. It is somehow twisted out of shape. It is crooked. I tried to fix it, taking it out a bit from the pot and putting the plant into a better position. I also added one layer of new soil to it.
The tips of the leaves are not so green, I suppose because of the winter, or just need more water. I am watering all of them once a week, but as this aloe vera is that big maybe I have to dose a bit more water. The nice thing is that it will bloom soon. For now, the majority of the small flowers are still closed, just a few of them are opening slowly.
So, where is the question? If there is no music, ingredients of fruit juices, metronomes and all, where is the game? Well, this plant, the Aloe Vera will help us have some fun and offer us the opportunity to win the small reward of 1 HBD. (ok, I can not participate, I know the answer, so the possible readers of this post are those who can win it). The first who gives the right answer is the winner, but if several days pass and no correct answer comes, then we will think about some consolation prize.
How tall is this plant (measured together with the flowerpot)?
Of course, I blurred the photo where it can be seen, measured in cm. I still have the original photo and it will be shown as proof after the correct answer is given. So, I need a number, in cm how tall is this Aloe Vera plant. You can see it in the two photos that are on the table. In this last one, it is on the floor.
