It's a Mystery That never ends.
This is my Cheese Plant.
I used to have a cheese plant, many, many years ago.
My mate gave it to me for my 21st birthday.
I loved that plant. It was little, but it grew. It got bigger and bigger. It came with me to my toxic flat in Broomhouse in Edinburgh. And got bigger still. I wiped her leaves, and watered her and watered her stick.
I gave her a name; I can't repeat that name here, because a little while later I met Himself, and to my horror, my plant had the same name as his .... wife.
My relationship witth the cheeseplant dimished after that. I couldn't speak to her anymore. I tried changing her name but that didn't work.
I neglected her. I continued to drag her around a range of accommodations and then homes, but the care was never quite there any more.
And she died.
Now, many, many years later, I felt the time was right to cultivate a new relationship with a new cheeseplant.
This one had 5 leaves when I got her. She has fifteen now, and has sat resolutely in my office whilst I have been working from home. I think she deserves a name now.
Any suggestions.
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