A New Day – 46 – After a bit of slumber…
The world around me kept moving and beeping and breathing. I grew stronger, but I still waited. I watched as the world outside became dormant under bitter cold, so much seemed to slow down or come to a complete stop. I didn’t stop, well not completely, I’ve been working underground adding to what you can see. Once I was this tiny little helpless thing but I’ve grown a lot. It’s pretty cool really, heck I’m proud. In fact I put in a lot of work in the space around me, more than some people said was even good for me. Ha, that’s what I say, ha take this!
Yea baby, I’m back! Don’t underestimate the awesome power of a little African Violet flower!
Yeah, that’s right, you see me, I AM BLOSSOMING! A lot of folks look right past little beings like me, all petite and fragile. But, you see this texture, this color? And that ain’t even the half yet. This is just my debut, not even fully blossomed yet. Oh yeah, and I fit right in with my Orchid friends. We’re from a different clan and all but shuh, a flower’s a flower and in that word is beauty and power! Boo ya! Let spring begin because I’m here to grace it!
Stay tuned to see my blossoms revealed. Until then I want to show you a little bit of what it’s like inside my world. What about you, your little piece of this grand life, what’s it like from your viewpoint?
Life inside an African Violet
My caretaker, this eLPy chick, picked me up and knew right off the bat that I deserved to be repotted. People told her not to put me in a much bigger pot – I was in like a 3″ little plastic thing – but she didn’t listen. She bought this snazzy pot just for African Violets like me, probably like 7-8″ if not a little more, filled me up with an African Violet medium, poured water into the bottom pot (which then gets sucked up through the inner clay pot when my soil is dry, cool huh, I pretty much water myself as long as she keeps the pot full), set me by an east window, and just let me grow. My first round of blossoms gave up, I had other things to do, but I took off. You see these leaves? Yeah, I’ve been busy. But now after a little bit of AV food in the water, spring time love, and I am ready to blossom! Makes eLPy think about her Grandma really, she liked us, I guess that’s part of why she got me that night. So don’t be afraid of us or overlook us, or be afraid to let us grow into bigger pots. Let us wake, let us live, let us blossom.
It’s spring, let life live!
Even without my flowers, I’m still beautiful!
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