The beautiful Azalea I received as a thank you for all the charity hats I knit last year.


One and a half months later my black thumbs have brought it to the brink of death.


Here it is with all the dead flowers removed. It still has a few leaves clinging to life. I'm really hoping it survives until May when I can plant it in the ground. Actually, I'll get Don to do the planting. He's good at that. He doesn't exactly have green thumbs but they aren't black like mine.

I do have a few plants in my living room but they are the hardiest of hardy survivors that have been with me for decades. All newcomers are usually dead within a few months. I wish they wouldn't waste their money on thank you plants for me. I wish I had the courage to tell them, "Please don't give me any more plants. They make my allergies worse and my black thumbs just kill them." but that sounds so ungrateful to my ears. A card would be a fine thank you.....although, I wouldn't object to one of those humongous balls of yarn from Walmart.