the little blue vase

This little vase is on my study window-ledge,
just alongside a scented geranium, which has
pretty white flowers. I've just worked out
that I've been looking after this plant/its
ancestors on and off for about 42 years. Well
when I say looking after it, I should be more
honest and say that I've neglected it most of
the time, as it's withstood long periods of
drought and still survived - it's an ideal
house-plant. If I water and feed it well, it
just goes rampant and very leggy. It's got a
lovely smell when you touch its leaves.
The photo looked very nice on my computer
screen, so I thought I'd share it with you.

I’ve often thought that friendships with other
people are like delicate plants ... they need
a lot of TLC. If you don't look after them
properly, then they just wither away and die.