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February 21, 2006
New Pets and more
.... or possibly Confessions of a plant murderer.
In an attempt to have some living foliage in our living room, I thought maybe "thinking outside the box" might be in order.... again. Basically, I can walk into any nursery, in any environment and declare that I have indeed killed every specimen in sight during the course of my murderous career. I think lack of watering is my modis operandi, in fact, count on it.
What better solution, besides fake plants that need their own special care-dusting and spritzig - than water plants! So, off I went to the pet store and bought several species of fresh tank plants. They work, sort of. They need their water changed once a week or so since my containers don't have filters, But most of them are surviving quite nicely. Okay. the one in the Kitchen doesn't look too healthy, But the sales clerk didn't think very highly of that one to begin with. Actually it was sort of a leftover plant in a container that really wasn't all that suitable for it....I was thinking maybe I'll just dump it all when..ta da! I discovered pets in there with the plant. Tiny snails...2..then 3. Uuummm, so I have been checking the other plants. Sure enough, I found a couple more snails and some things that are just too small to identify. I'm sure they are really living things because I can see them swimming in a deliberate fashion. I can't wait to see what they develop into...sure hope they are not some vicious plant eating thang; it would just be too hard to explain.
Posted by frani at February 21, 2006 02:55 PM
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That is so kewl. Snails? Interesting. Is it possible to get a picture of the little things you can't identify or even the snails?
DA
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at February 22, 2006 12:14 PM
What, DA? You can't see them in there? I tried to get the snails photographed but obviously that didn't work out with my camera. Maybe I'll try again when they get bigger. The unidentifiable things are little specs of something swimming around in there. Hopefully they well stay alive long enough to grow into something more visable
Posted by: Fran at February 22, 2006 03:59 PM
Too funny. I would like to see the snails and other little things floating around!
Posted by: bunnybeth at February 24, 2006 02:57 AM
BTW, I would not call you a "plant murderer." Maybe just a pant-challenged person? Nah, sounds too p.c.
Posted by: bunnybeth at February 24, 2006 02:59 AM
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