I finally bought a plant. We used to have plants, but then we went away for six months of traveling last year so we gave away or put out to pasture all our plants - including that massive vine that was threatening to conquer the living room. I`ve been meaning to get new plants but the lack of time, energy and agreement all put that off. Then i saw that they had these at the local grocery store for a mere 700 yen.
When i was growing up my mom called this a "Christmas Cactus" (though i guess these days it would be a "Holiday Cactus") and it always sat in our dining or living room and bloomed around Christmastime every year (although i also remember often joking that the cactus couldn`t read a calendar because it was blooming off schedule). This one is already blooming but that`s okay. the label it came with calls it a "Denmark Cactus." I seem to remember that they are supposed to bloom when the weather gets cooler but it`s still hovering around 30 degrees here in Osaka, so who knows. What i do know is that it reminds me a lot of home and of my family and that makes me happy every time i look at it. =)
And by the way, doesn`t Paul Revere look suspiciously like Jack Black?
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