A To-Do List for the Autumn/Winter “Creativity Room” (see last post for the reason for this):

1. Make a mini indoor “herb plot”:

• Dig up a pot of chives from outside
• Ditto one of parsley
• Ditto a tiny lavender shrub
• Start a new pot of thyme
• Ready the container-grown rosemary plants to be moved in, come cold weather
• Paint the bottom shelf in the crafts room, under the “grow lights” (fluorescent—which you can replace with true grow lights later)
• Find or buy something to serve as nice (white?) planters, to contain all the above
• Arrange above plants on shelf under light.

2. Add some color and flowers:

• Trim down the impatiens to make them less leggy
• Use these cuttings for floral arrangements now
• Pot up some of the impatiens plants later, and take inside
• Place these in center of plant shelf, amid indoor mini “herb garden”
• Repeat these steps with colorful coleus plants.
• Pot up the pinky “Polka Dot Plants” (really house plants sunk this year into the garden) and move them inside for winter

3. Incorporate some vines:

• take cuttings from ivy and vinca
• hold in water temporarily
• plant in pots or hangers, twisting and fastening atop the ground for fuller plantings

4.  Throw in a bit of outer-space-like whimsy:

• simply bring in the planting of succulents
• find a special container in which to place their pot, more fitting in whatever room they’ll “board in”

5. Enjoy these each day

• Take time to smell the fragrant, feast your eyes on the beautiful, look closely at the details, and giggle over the quirky
• Especially important: consider their Designer and His amazing  creativity, wisdom, and even whimsical humor!

What a celebration of His amazing creation!

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