Tuesday, January 10, 2006

My Poor Poinsettia

Here is a drawing of my sad and spindly poinsettia. I always purchase these holiday plants with such good intentions of caring for them diligently. But they invariably end up straggly and starved for attention…

Nature Journal Sketch: Poinsettia

4 comments:

Mary-Frances said...

I always tried to save pointesettias too...with no luck at all. I have to say your sketch hardly looks sick tho!;-)

Anonymous said...

Beautifully executed sketch. I always buy them too. Usually I manage to hang on to them until Easter!

Micki said...

although it looks pale (grin) it hardly looks sick. very nice sketch.

Conni said...

Thanks, guys...I only ever had one poinsettia plant live long enough to be planted outdoors in the spring - but it soon died outside.