What I have learned during my years of study is not only music. I also learned to adapt my activities to the circumstances. I'm sure it happens in every profession and every learning process. You get stuck on something and a stupid feeling overwhelms you. Then you make an effort to focus more but the things you are trying to hold in your hands just slip out of them. There you can stay for an indefinite time and no good results would come to conform you...
In those moments, I shift.
It is not giving up on something. It is just shifting our focus and energy to a different spot. Then maybe we can achieve some results and feel more fulfilled. If needed, we can pull the brake and get back to the matter later.
That is more or less a process I have been experiencing these last three days with one of my plants, Schlumbergera. Last year, exactly around these dates it bloomed - Miss Schlumbergera showed her beauty.
This year I was excited again to see the small flower buds on the stem endings.
Many, many stems, and almost the same number of buds.
So, where is the problem here?
The plant will take her time and bring the flowers when it is ready for them, but it's that I already wanted to see them.
Also, a few weeks ago I wanted to take her inside, to give those stems a shower as you see they are dusty. However, according to what I was told (and not sure if this is indeed true) when it starts to bloom, we should not move it a lot around and water it in excess. Because of that, I think it would not be a good idea right now to give this plant a shower. She will have to survive this blooming in this dusty condition.
Another issue was the idea to try to get a few photos of it. It has been a funny experiment with myself where I had to use the technique of "just pull the brake" and shift my activity to something more productive 😂
Day one - just one half-open flower.
Let's leave it for another occasion...
Day two - some of the flowers opened a bit more.
Too much sun on the balcony in those moments...
I felt it was indeed not my cup of tea so I let it go and turned to my left. There was another plant that called for attention.
A jungle of stems and roots, so where to focus?
Day three - the flowers are starting to look like those red, flying birds (as I liked to call them last year).
Still too much light but here I leave it indeed. No more attempts tomorrow!
Still, I did a bit of shift there... That's why more of those calming, green leaves are coming here, to bring back the balance.
Oh, and another one with buds. The Kalanchoe Lucky Bells grew very tall stems, they are funny with that appearance, but the first buds are here. Soon, little red bells will hang from these tall plant towers.