Seasonal perplexity

Yes, this blog really is primarily about knitting/crochet for my home, but it’s taking (too) many days to knit/crochet us and our converted brewery house. Please bear with me. Housey finished objects will start appearing soon. But the twinnage needs some clothes:-

Also, the Katia Azteca for the blog header still hasn’t arrived.

In the meantime, I offer you some non-knitty vegetative houseyness.

We’ve got vegetative seasonal perplexity disorder here, and we’ve got it bad. Examples: the Christmas cactus thinks it’s Christmas, as a result of which, I’m no longer on speaking terms with the Christmas cactus:-

Yet the last of my bell peppers is still holding out for some ripening summer sunshine, daft veg that it is:-

And my tomatoes (yumptious, Sun Gold tomatoes) have failed to notice summer’s demise.

The courgettes just keep on giving, but with ever diminishing size and depth of colour. Still, they’re not bad for November:-

Ditto the pak choi:-

But the real year-round, couldn’t-care-less-what-season-it-is star is the orchids. A wise woman once told me that orchids thrive on neglect. She was right, as a direct result of which, I’m an orchid-cultivating genius. Look at all this neglect:-

Is anyone else’s plant-life so bonkers?

‘Til next time, when I’ll have more knitting to wave at you. 🙂