Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Spring Cleaning + House Plants


Imagined Art by Ann Howell Brown - House Tour 2013

TODAY when I woke up, for the first time this year, it finally felt like spring. Probably because the sun is shining, and because my house is full of plants and flowers, including this palm tree that could be considered a tad out of control.


Imagined Art by Ann Howell Brown - House Tour 2013

(He hasn't been re-planted yet, because I can't carry the 100-pound bag of dirt up to my apartment... I literally have no idea how I'm going to get it out of my trunk. Oops.)

Imagined Art by Ann Howell Brown - House Tour 2013

My whole house is also perfectly clean -- dusted, swept, washed, everything. It took an entire day of cleaning (and singing and dancing); who knew cleaning 500 square feet required so much effort?


Imagined Art by Ann Howell Brown - House Tour 2013


Imagined Art by Ann Howell Brown - House Tour 2013


Imagined Art by Ann Howell Brown - House Tour 2013


Imagined Art by Ann Howell Brown - House Tour 2013


Imagined Art by Ann Howell Brown - House Tour 2013

Back to the palm tree: lying on my back underneath the Christmas tree, looking up at all the branches and lights, used to be one of my favorite places to be. That's what sitting under this palm tree feels like (now that I've raised it off the floor so the branches don't hit you in the face as you sit on the couch), and it's become my best thinking spot. Historically speaking, I haven't been very successful at keeping house plants alive... but I'm hoping to break the losing streak with this tree.

What type of plants-in-the-house person are you? None? Jungle queen? Fake? Real? I want to be a jungle queen, with plants all over the place (like these spaces), but my green thumb must greatly improve before that happens.

[All photos and content by Ann Howell Brown, 2013]

1 comment:

  1. I'd love to be a jungle queen - nothing prettier or more soothing than God's handiwork. If only those natural green pearls could survive on the grateful and content gaze of me and my house guests' alone (I've always been a fan of self-sufficiency). So...and when will you be stopping by to clean my abode??

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