It is irony that after so soon an introduction to the supposed "Meditterraean weather" of Davis that I should receive, immediately after, so many warnings about the Arctic freeze that's coming our way. According to the UCD Botanical Conservatory the most questions they've gotten in the past few days were in the categories of "Okay, so I heard there's this big freeze coming up--what should I do with my plants?"
I'd like to take a moment to point out that this's, mostly, a question of common sense. Most of the houseplants are so selectively bred and green-house pampered that they're really quite fragile and have something like 1% (number made up with absolutely no scientific basis) of the original environmental resistence of their ancestors. In other words: if you're going to get cold standing outside, your plants probably will too. You put on a wrap when you go outside because it's cold, ergo, wrap your plants.
End of tangent and yes, the freeze has come down (well, had came down really, since it felt like the air started freezing over pretty much since yesterday) (a gross exaggeration, of course, and only allowed because I'm from bay area, California). My room is currently hosting me, Rose, Lucy, and a heater and mornings have never been more exciting. I get to make the bed with Lucy thumping in her cage and Rose wailing outside the door (she wanted to be fed NOW) and if only they could get a better sense of rhythm we could possibly even get a band going.
I've tried to post the updated schedule to Lunatics several times with no result, which I took to mean yet another unresolved glitch between the new and the old system of blogging. Mostly though I'm less busy (so far) this quarter. I think I'll try to be online regularly (since it actually does seem plausible at this stage). Possibly 8:30-9:30 time frame.
Over and out. For now.
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