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| Coleus plant brought by my friend |
My friend E.A. came visiting today, and brought me this coleus plant. Very similar to the one(s) I already have; but not exactly the same:
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| Coleus plants on my balcony, from cuttings of an older plant of mine. |
As I know coleus can shift quite a lot in colour depending on how much light they get (they get much paler indoors in winter) it will be interesting to see if they will continue to differ, or if they will become more alike with time.
Our original plan for this afternoon was for E to drive us both to a lakeside café on the outskirts of town. However, the weather forecasts for today turned out as threatening as yesterday (i.e. more or less predicting the end of the world by lightning and floods). So I suggested that if she was brave enough to venture out at all, perhaps a cup of tea and a muffin in my flat would be adventure enough. She accepted, and as things turned out, she even managed to get a lift with her husband rather than driving herself. (He had some errands in town and then came back to pick her up again after a couple of hours, when he was done with whatever it was he had planned.)
Just like yesterday, lightning and floods decided (presumably) to hit on some other spot rather than just around here, and all we got was some rather ordinary rain. My friend and I both agreed that "staying home" was still a better choice for this afternoon, though.
Looking at various weather apps for tomorrow now, it seems that we may then expect warnings for temperatures rapidly rising to "too hot" instead... Ah well. As Scarlett O'Hara (in Gone with the Wind) would have said - "I'll think about that tomorrow"!
Sounds like a lovely afternoon in spite of the weather; sometimes tea, muffins and good company at home are the best kind of adventure.
ReplyDeleteRo, as we had both already set aside the afternoon to spend time together, it seemed better to just change the location... ;-)
DeleteIt does sound like a nice afternoon. Lovely plants 🪴
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda. It was nice to catch up. I had not expected to also be presented with a plant!
DeleteYour Coleus are beautiful. Yes, here we have had rain every day for over a week, and there is no end in sight.
ReplyDeleteGinny, no rain today, but back to keeping windows shut and blinds drawn against the glaring afternoon sun... ;-) (I did manage a walk earlier, though.) Hopefully also a good day for my friend+husband to be off on other adventures, without risk of storms and floods...
DeleteAlways nice to spend time with a friend, and meeting at one's home is just as nice as going out.
ReplyDeleteWe've had some end of the world weather here yesterday afternoon, just as I was leaving work... at the station where I have to change trains, I was under the roof but the rain came in at a sideways angle with strong winds, making the use of an umbrella impossible. Of course by the time my Mum, my sister and I reached the restaurant where we met for a meal, the sky was turning blue again.
The forecast for this weekend is hot here, too, but hopefully the nights will still be cool enough to allow for decent sleep.
Meike, today the sun has chased the rain clouds away, and the only "umbrellas" in sight are the two parasols on my balcony, facing south-west. (Actually I don't even really see those, as I also have the blinds drawn...)
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