war of the desert roses.

hello friends. it's me sandy.

welcome to the weekend!

our focus on flowers has hit close to home this week. my two sisters have been engaging in a war of the roses. they both purchased a desert rose which, according to the internet,  is the hot new houseplant because of its bizarre shape, beautiful flowers, and tolerance to occasional neglect. perfect!

my older sister hayley's plant was the first to show promise. she bragged about the long green leaves and how luscious they were. shortly thereafter, all the leaves fell off and her plant has looked like this for quite some time (note the now brown leaves at the bottom. they are pretty long. ) :

a desert stick.

my younger sister mindy had nothing to show when hayley was bragging about her green leaves, but finally had a breakthrough. she made sure to notify everyone about it. she texted pictures and sent back-up images just in case to boast that not only did her desert rose have long luscious leaves... her desert rose had a desert rose! 

hayley wondered where she had gone so wrong. had she exceeded the amount of occasional neglect her plant could tolerate? was her desert rose just a dud? she watered her plant and checked for signs of life. nothing. ... 

nothing. until today.

gasp! it's beautiful!

and so are these layouts by marie. she is this week's blinkie winner! congratulations!!

thank you for joining us in the sassafras garden this week. keep your projects growing! and we'll see you next week.

xo

sandy

Comments

[ann-marie]

What a gorgeous flower! =P

[Katie Squires]

That made me giggle!!!!

[Jill]

Great layouts & that flower rocks!

[Milla]

What a perfect flower!! :D I want one, too, I might even be able to keep that kind of a flower alive..! :)

[Carmen]

:D :D :D Now that's my kind of house plant!!

[Joan Umano]

Oh that is too funny! Love the new flower that bloomed on the plant...LOL! Congrats Marie...cool LO!!!!

[Aphra Bolyer]

LOVE it. I think I could grow that kind of plant as well! Congrats Marie.