I stole a baby aloe.
Someone in my neighborhood has a really beautiful, healthy aloe plant on their doorstep that I admire every time I walk Peanut. Last week I noticed a bunch of baby shoots coming up on the side of its pot. I knocked on the door to ask for permission to pull one out for myself. No one answered so I just took the smallest one and put it in this mini pot. Am I an asshole?
You are such a stealer.
ReplyDeleteI love it.
You are not an asshole. You are a thief. Blessed are they who confess their sins. Now, go and thieve no more!
ReplyDeleteNo. Not an a-hole. I'm sure the neighbor would have said yes. :)
ReplyDeleteLeave them an offering in a little pot... something from your garden. They'll love it!
The phantom plant exchange. :)
Peace,
~Chani
Des-I know it!
ReplyDeleteNick- I feel bad too because I really love this little plant. No more plant-napping I promise.
Chani-That's a good idea. I have some Shasta daisy seedlings ready for a new pot. I'll leave a note. I'll post a follow up to keep myself honest.
The plant had a baby, you "adopted" it.
ReplyDeleteYou were doing the only thing you could- the poor thing may have ended up on the street selling drugs for a living if you hadn't rescued it.
Or, you stole it, and that's o.k.
At least you knocked on the door. That's what counts.
ReplyDeleteI love Chani's idea.
ReplyDeleteI love love love Chani's idea!
ReplyDeleteYou didn't steal a plant. You took a cutting. Totally different things. I dunno why it is different, but it is.
ReplyDeleteKind of. :-)
ReplyDeleteIf that's the worst of your thieving, you're fine, no worries, I say. :)
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