It is amazing how flowers can bring such excitement. When I brought home this African Violet it was nothing but a leafy green plant. It was a gift, a shoot-off of a friend's, lovingly grown from a stalk into a flourishing plant. However, we did not know if it would produce any flowers because she had never done this before.
I have taken care of it exactly how she told me to...water once per week with special African violet food. So simple even I could not screw it up. Every time I fed it, I would examine it for new growth and changes...two weeks ago I saw the change, the new life. Buds! Little white buds.
This grew my excitement, and every morning I have woken up to see what changes took place over night. Slowly, but surely the bud stalks grew taller, the buds got bigger, and a bright purple took hold of my once white babies. I even counted how many bud stalks it has...one...two...three...four...five...six...SEVEN! Seven stalks! With each morning the oldest buds would loosen it's tight self-grip. Two days ago, they opened and produced the purple and white flowers pictured above.
God was so creative when he spoke vegetation into life during creation. I feel like I have experienced a minute amount of what Adam must have felt when harvest season came, and the fruit of his labor was in his hands...Victory! Not only for my satisfaction, but also for the incredible amount of work it took the plant to produce the beauty it was created to give.
Next project: Learn how to sprout a new African Violet from one leaf...
