This morning when my kids were eating breakfast my son asked, “Mom, what happened to your flower?” I looked on the deck and it was gone. I asked my hubby if he moved it and he said,” No, but last night when I was sitting out at the dining room table, I did hear a 
crash outside when the wind blew.” My kids went out to investigate this morning and it seems my poor flower decided to take her life with a fateful jump off of our deck, rather than to continue to suffer under my care. The answer to my husband’s question on Wednesday night when we brought home our hyacinth is……..5 days.
I don’t have a green thumb. I want to, but truth be told, I lack the follow through. On Wednesday my husband and I went to a dinner for his work and they had potted flowers on all of the tables. Afterwards we each got to take one home. As we drove home with it in the car, my husband said to me, “So, how long before you kill it?” I replied with a “ugh” and a look that said how dare you say that…. the next morning when I came out to the table, this is how it looked. 
“It’s not my fault!” I exclaimed. I didn’t even have a chance to not water it. It died prematurely. I didn’t do anything. So, we propped it up with a pencil and I gave it a little drink of water. Next day, it still looked the same. Finally I moved it outside b/c the scent was giving me a headache. My husband thought the sunlight might be good for it. He tried again to prop it up with a stick. Today we looked out on the deck and as you can see it hasn’t gotten any better. Spring is here and my son is so excited about planting flowers and vegetables outside. I am bit concerned because as you can see my thumb is not so green. I fear I could end up disappointing him with this. We’ll see… I am sure I will have future posts on this matter. Wish me luck!
This morning when my kids were eating breakfast my son asked, “Mom, what happened to your flower?” I looked on the deck and it was gone. I asked my hubby if he moved it and he said,” No, but last night when I was sitting out at the dining room table, I did hear a 
crash outside when the wind blew.” My kids went out to investigate this morning and it seems my poor flower decided to take her life with a fateful jump off of our deck, rather than to continue to suffer under my care. The answer to my husband’s question on Wednesday night when we brought home our hyacinth is……..5 days.
