{"id":73273,"date":"2020-08-05T18:07:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T23:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=73273"},"modified":"2020-08-05T18:14:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T23:14:45","slug":"diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/08\/05\/diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Diary of well loved plants: Vol. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Grace Needham | \u00a0a.k.a Plant Mom\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-73273 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/08\/05\/diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2\/img_4571-3\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4571-2-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4571-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4571-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4571-2.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73558'>\n\t\t\t\tA very kind friend, Trevor, made me a cute little piggie Lego set to sit up with my plants. Every  watering day I move the little pig into its watering area so it can have a drink. I have quite literally been doing nothing except loving my plants. Here&#8217;s what they&#8217;ve been up to recently.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/08\/05\/diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2\/img_4581\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4581-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4581-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4581-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4581.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73555'>\n\t\t\t\tEdwardo: She got two new plants in the past month, which either means Plant Mom is doing very well or very bad. A lot of things have been moving around, but spirits seem pretty high in our plant community. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/08\/05\/diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2\/img_4574\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4574-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4574-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4574-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4574.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73550'>\n\t\t\t\tSally: The rain these past couple of weeks has been such a bummer, but lately I\u2019ve been the only bright and colorful thing around, so I really feel like I\u2019m where I\u2019m meant to be. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/08\/05\/diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2\/img_4575\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4575-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4575-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4575-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4575.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73551'>\n\t\t\t\tRuth: I miss having Ronnie here, because he was always up for gossip and sharing his sun, but I hear he\u2019s getting better so I\u2019m really excited to have my sunshine twin back. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/08\/05\/diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2\/img_4576-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4576-1-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4576-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4576-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4576-1.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73552'>\n\t\t\t\tSamantha: I have two baby sprouts coming, and I truly can\u2019t be more overjoyed. Every day I am becoming bigger and better, putting me in the competition as the Biggest Plant in the Community. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/08\/05\/diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2\/img_4577\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4577-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4577-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4577-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4577.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73553'>\n\t\t\t\t I can tell that Samantha has convinced herself she\u2019s going to outgrow me, but I grow at three times the rate that she does. Plant Mom keeps telling us that we\u2019re going to be in a new place soon, and I don\u2019t really like change, so I\u2019m not looking forward to it. Eddie won\u2019t shut up about it. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/08\/05\/diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2\/img_4583\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4583-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4583-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4583-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4583.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73557'>\n\t\t\t\tJeffery: I\u2019m one of the new plants. They say I require little attention but lots of artificial light, so I get a new perch on Plant Mom\u2019s desk, watching the other plants. That\u2019s okay, I don\u2019t like them much yet anyways. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/08\/05\/diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2\/img_4573-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4573-1-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4573-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4573-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4573-1.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73559'>\n\t\t\t\tMorgan: I\u2019m new here. I\u2019m an airplane plant currently being propagated, my name is Morgan because Plant Mom named me after her friend that\u2019s an airplane ride away, or something like that. I don\u2019t find it that clever, but she seems to really enjoy it.  \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/08\/05\/diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2\/img_4578-3\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4578-2-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4578-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4578-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4578-2.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73560'>\n\t\t\t\tEllie: My aloe was finally used for the first time, and it felt good to help Plant Mom when she was in need. The spot where my aloe was taken from is healing too, and there is growth all around me. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/08\/05\/diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2\/img_4582-4\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4582-2-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4582-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4582-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4582-2.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73561'>\n\t\t\t\tEddie: The new plant is littler than we are, so we\u2019re already moving up in the food chain. Plant Mom says that we\u2019re moving soon and we\u2019re all really going to like our new spot. I can\u2019t wait to see what new sun spots wait for us!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/08\/05\/diary-of-well-loved-plants-vol-2\/img_2380-copy\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"143\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_2380-copy-143x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_2380-copy-143x300.jpg 143w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_2380-copy-488x1024.jpg 488w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_2380-copy.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73562'>\n\t\t\t\tRonnie: Ronnie\u2019s obituary was prepared, until we found a friend who was willing to do plant spa treatments for the poor guy and revived him! Ronnie, for the first time in months, has new blooms and happy leaves. He will return to the community in a few weeks!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Needham | \u00a0a.k.a Plant Mom\u00a0 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4332,"featured_media":73555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3226,15,1],"tags":[8492,8469],"class_list":["post-73273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-culture-articles","category-featured-on-kjhk","category-uncategorized","tag-plant-love","tag-plants"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4581.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}