Day 57: This is Saturday. No, I don't mean "today." I mean the plant. This little Tillandsia ("air plant") has survived a year under my casual care, the first time I've ever been able to keep one alive for more than a few weeks. The secret to success is in its nickname. Every Saturday, it gets a light spray of fresh water. I realized where I had gone wrong with its predecessors, giving them the soak recommended by the seller and thereby causing them to rot; too much of a good thing is as sure a recipe for failure as not enough. Saturday, cheerfully gracing the west window of my bedroom, reminds me not to indulge in excesses.
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