It's summer time in Brazil, and we are almost upon the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere (seems weird, right?). You might imagine that it is hot here. But, it's not really. Instead, we are in the middle of the rainy season. When it rains here, it pours. And it is raining a lot. The skies clear between storms but sometimes we have a downpour more than once a day. Driving during a storm can be particularly hazardous as visibility gets pretty abysmal and the streets flood with several feet of water to plow through with the car. The high plain of Brasilia is bursting with green outdoors, looking lush in stark contrast to the dry season when everything gets brown and dehydrated.
The truth is that I kind of like the weather and the moisture, but the truth for my houseplants is something different. One plant has already been sacrificed to the winter rains in a sad, withering death spiral that finished in the compost bin. The others are not so happy with the diminished sunlight and cool temperatures. Today, I moved all of my greenery next to the windows in hopes that they might perk up and begin to dry out a bit. Who knew that it would be so hard to keep them feeling happy and green?
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