The Sill

If you remembered seeing a vine-y plant creeping around your grandma’s kitchen cupboard, chances are it was a Hoya plant. It is really rewarding to see your Sweetheart plant flower because of how slow growing it is. It’s always best to focus on keeping the plants happy, rather than pushing them to flower. With the right amount of love, water, and time – heart-shaped leaf after heart-shaped leaf of Hoya will grow.

We create these spaces that are our havens, and it’s a way to look back and see what’s changed, a place to store memories since I don’t scrapbook. I’m preparing to bake some conchas for my family tomorrow, clearing the Studio of a few items I don’t use, and if there’s time after, a good jog. It’s a shrub whose cascading branches bear these beautifully rich, turmeric hued flowers that look like wild pom-poms. And anything food related, like Chef’s Table and The Great British Bake Off.

An hour or so of direct sunlight is fine, as long as it is far away from a window, and the Marimo’s water doesn’t heat up. Although tap water is OK, we prefer to use either brita-filtered water, or bottled water. We recommend washing your Marimo under running water, replacing its water, and adding some salt. Lower water temperatures, better water quality, and an extremely diluted amount of fertilizer can help.

Laura’s amazing use of vibrant colors and plant-inspired intricate artwork But after a while, paint started leaking back into my projects : from a few painted details in a photographic collage project , to a series of  b&w photographs colored by hand,  to painting mural size landscapes just to use as photographic backdrops. It’s really hard to choose one… and it changes all the time, but right now I’m in love with the calathea plant in all its variations, which are many Favorite weekend activity:  long lazy breakfast, spending time with my little son, going on day  trips, spending  time  outdoor,  painting.