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  1. That’s an arrowhead plant. I had one in my bedroom that was so happy for years….until it wasnt, and leaves started dying. I repotted it in fresh soil, still no good. It died, but I had taken cuttings that I rooted….now I have one rooted section back in the bedroom, and one in the living room.

    Ivy cracks me up. What a little goofball!

  2. Brenda, I’m envious of your green thumb…but really, I can’t stop looking at the beautiful drapes behind the plant. Gorgeous!!

    1. “,…I can’t stop looking at the beautiful drapes…” I was thinking the same thing – I have plans, unbeknownst to Hubby (aka The Decorator), to get a brighter set of drapes – I chose drab ones, pretty, but drab which will look nicer in the front room (just too formal for my bedroom!) 🙂 b

  3. We used to call that plant “elephant ears”. Love the pics of your babies.

  4. “If I fits I sits” LOL.
    Beautiful plant, beautiful home,2 cuties to share it with.

  5. tell me about the back stretcher. Is that something you had a prescription for? Sounds like a good idea.

  6. Ivy is nothing if not a smart cat. How creative to put things in shoes! We have two new kittens and they are as mischievous as Ivy. They spend the entire night getting into things. On the kitchen counters and on the table, knocking things to the floor, pawing the dirt out of the plants in the bay window and tipping over the pots. Aargh! They were taken in by my daughter to kill the mouse population that seems to inhabit our walls which we can’t figure out how they come in. Well, we’ll see if they grow into mousers or not. Our old cat used to be a good mouser but she has “retired”. No longer interested in chasing those furry little rodents. I read online the other day that cats hate the smell of oranges, so I’m going to cut up an orange and leave it and it’s peel on the counter tonight and see if they stay off it.

    I used to have a plant like the one by your patio door. I think they are really beautiful, but I can’t remember what they are called either. Something like sword-leaved something-or-other. I’d like to get another one. Like you said they are easy to grow.

    Hope you figure out your humidifier malfunction. Seem like it’s too new to be giving you trouble.

    By the way, that is a wonderful photo of little Charlie. He’s such a cutie-pie.

  7. Your Ivy is such a kick. Alot of cats are like that… very agile and careful. My sister has an entire windowsill full of tiny little glass figurines, and her cats both tip toe along it, all across that 10 foot sill, and don’t know ONE thing over! It’s amazing. My two cats at home are the same… very careful when walking across tables and things and don’t seem to step on anything or knock it over.. and they, like Ivy, can find ways to lay amongst things and not disturb them one bit! Such a kick they are! My two rescue cats love shoes also.. maybe something about the odor of them, but they both want to play with my shoes and try to get inside them! Marilyn

  8. Hi Brenda, enjoy your blog so much ! I have always known that plant as goose’s foot. Love your fur babies, cats always find a way don’t they ? Charlie is adorable in that picture. Happy New Year !!

  9. SYNGONIUM PODOPHYLLUM, OR COMMONLY KNOWN AS ARROWHEAD PHILODENDRON . IT CAN BE PINCHED BACK TO KEEP IT MORE COMPACT OR ALLOWED TO GROWN RUNNERS, AND USED AS A HANGING PLANT.

  10. Hi Brenda….love your blog. Read every day! Funny when I was in Hobby Lobby the other day looking at lamps I said to myself, Brenda would love the beaded tassel lamp and then read you had purchased it! Funny how we all become connected. I bought the lamp as well. I love it but was influenced by your blog. Happy New Year. Loved reading you were able to connect with your granddaughter.

  11. Air purifier may have timer set for
    Off/On after a certain time of running. I am sure you have checked
    your instruction booklet. & May google.
    Photo of CharlieBoy is Mr. Hollywood
    stunning! He is cute as a button.
    Ivy is a little snoop. She loves the round table & knows if she causes problems you will
    certainly find a way to keep her off.

    1. Misplaced instruction manual. Will have to find it. Just like I’m still looking for the camera battery charger. I tend to misplace things.

      1. “I tend to misplace things.” Who doesn’t. What gets me is, I put something in a “Good” place and I repeat in my mind where I placed it, but when I go looking for it I can’t find it. lol I liked the suggestion one lady made – put the object or whatever in the place You are going to and then take a pic – I hope I remember that next time, it was a GOOD idea!!! 🙂 b

  12. So funny and cute. I was laughing when you said Ivy was on the table, and when I saw the picture, it was amazing. She knows just what she is doing. That cat is such a joy, and a little bit clown…Love the picture of Charlie. Is that a recent one? He looks GOOD, and adorable as well.
    Your plants also look wonderful. I wish I had a green thumb, but the plants that I’ve tried in the house, don’t do so good, but I do have luck out side. Your apartment always looks like a picture from a magazine…You have that certain touch, no matter what you decorate with, it just seems like the way to go.
    Happy 2020, wishing the 3 of you, good health and happiness. Hugs from white WI, where the snow is coming down fast and furious…

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