This is my first blog post. I don't know very much about blogs except the concept, which I kind of like. I've always enjoyed writing, and it's good to have a place to express one's self and talk about the things that excite us...

I've titled my blog "Succulent Ramblings" because this is my main interest. I plan to log changes I see in my succulents, my new aquisitions and those I surrender to others with a bit of melancholy. I once thought that one who collects merely adds to their collection, but what I have concluded is that a collection (of anything) is a constantly evolving, constantly changing thing. Although I usually feel a certain amount of sadness at giving up on growing a certain plant, I also usually feel a sense of relief, mostly because I usually decide to part with plants that don't necessarily thrive in the climate I live in and conditions I can provide in winter. I often still adore the plant in its most ideal state - I just can't maintain it in that state. So I part with the plant, and then the anticipation of replacing it with a new plant that I think I will have greater success with set in!

And on this note, I will close my first blog. Tomorrow, I will peruse my greenhouse and find a plant or two and I want to ramble about. And perhaps some other un-plant-related topics will be foremost in my mind - who knows! I have no idea if or how anyone else can view this, and I will likely bore anyone else to tears, but I find the prospect of having a place to ramble on kind of exciting!