The Norfolk Pine Jeff brought home from The Barrack a couple of weeks ago hasn't been doing so well. It's been in the big south-facing window in the parlor getting plenty of sun but there's not much heat in that room any more...at least not enough for that tropical plant! I've been watering it every other day and at first the branches stayed straight and there wasn't much needle shedding but the last week or so the tips of the branches curled up and Zoey was shaking needles off of it. Theresa and George from our shop came to the rescue and offered to take the tree. They came for it yesterday afternoon. George says it's still alive and if he can't keep it that way then he'll use the trunk to make pen casings. George is one of the woodworkers in the shop. He makes turned casings for salt and pepper grinders, pens and other neat things out of wood. It will be interesting to see pens with a Norfolk pine label if the tree doesn't survive! I promise to come back and post a photo of a pen if he uses the trunk to make one.
Zoey loved having Theresa and George stop over yesterday. She nearly wiggled out of her skin trying to get George to pet her! Fanny hid under the kitchen table after first checking them at the door. It was a pleasant way to spend the afternoon.
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