Oh, this handsome Cub! ❤️

Oh, this handsome Cub! ❤️

Puparazzi strikes again! ❤️

Puparazzi strikes again! ❤️

So I have a story...

So I have a story about the Echeveria Cantes (the blue-ish plants in the white planter...)

I ordered the one on the right in November of last year. It arrived a little smushed and also yellow-ish in color. I potted it up anyway thinking that it would recover, but it started showing signs of rot pretty fast.

I emailed the seller and they asked me to give it a couple of weeks, so I trimmed the rot off, let it callous, treated it with rooting hormone, and waited. It didn't start growing roots, so they sent me another.

The one on the left is the second one they sent. It arrived in much better condition, but it eventually started rotting, too. I know that some Echeveria are more sensitive to water than others, and even though I hadn't been watering it often, I realized the pot was too large and not drying out fast enough.

I moved them both to terracotta pots with only Bonsai Jack for substrate, and I kept an eye out for roots. I checked them a couple weeks ago and they were FINALLY putting out teensy little roots. It took them 6 months! They definitely used up a lot of their lower leaves, which is one reason they look so raggedy, but hopefully they'll look better over the next few months.

I recently moved them to this shallow pot with only Bonsai Jack in it. I really don't like having more than one pot of a type of plant. I like them together for some reason. But so far, they're still making progress and I'm really looking forward to their recovery.

The only other plant I've ever had that's this sensitive is an Echeveria Laui.

I wanted to post a positive little update.

I wanted to post a positive little update. I'm down 10 pounds since starting Semaglutide in February. The fat has been slowly, but surely melting away. I'm sure I've lost some muscle, too, because I completely stopped strength training in March. I also haven't been walking consistently. But I have been eating less. Food noise is totally gone. That's a thing I didn't realize I had before starting this medication.

I don't know why starting and maintaining new habits is so hard for me, but it really is. I also struggle with schedules, in general. I am a work in progress, I guess, and that's ok. I am really trying my best.

So I've lost ⅓ of the weight that I need to get off of myself. I am feeling better in my body than I have in the last 10 years. Regardless of how I look, it's better for my joints and Psoriatic Arthritis to not carry extra fat around. I'm trying to protect what I've got before it's too late.

I got a couple of orders today.

I got a couple of orders today. Here are some of the new babies. This picture makes me so happy! ❤️

Kira came down here...

Kira came down here and was looking at Anansi, then asked if tarantulas can get cataracts.  She said "It's Science Time!" as we went down a rabbit hole about who all can get cataracts.  😂💙

I love talking with her. I never know what adventure her brain is gonna take us on. 😊

The Tephrocactus finally bloomed today!

The Tephrocactus finally bloomed today! I'm so excited!

A few others bloomed, too, but they don't keep me waiting like that one did.

Also, my Monkey Tail has a tiny bud. I had to say it, but with the shape of the plant and the tiny bud, it looks like a genital wart. 😂 It'll be pretty once it blooms, though.