A fascinating article on the sensory modalities of plant life. From The New York Times.
“Plants are not static or silly,” said Monika Hilker of the Institute of Biology at the Free University of Berlin. “They respond to tactile cues, they recognize different wavelengths of light, they listen to chemical signals, they can even talk” through chemical signals. Touch, sight, hearing, speech.
McKenzie is house, horse and dog sitting over Christmas. This means staying away from home and driving out to the valley several times a day to care for two dogs and a barn-full of horses. Evey night she’s out doing chores, even on Christmas.
The cats’ litter box is banished to the back porch where it’s less smelly. They can gain access via an open indoor window but the heat went pouring out as soon as it got cold. I made this temporary portal for them with blue foam until a I install a more permanent solution. But just because it’s temporary doesn’t mean I can’t decorate it.
