Entering in the new year I am taking real joy and pride in the fact that I think my black thumb may be falling off…knock on wood.

So while Heather over at Cool Zebras  is celebrating the joyful celebration of the New Year I am celebrating my new thumb!

When I brought this little beauty home in August all that was there was the dead stick you see on the top right. And with the sage advice of the Viridissima (hopefully I will be building her a website soon) I have birthed a new orchid. Every time I look at it I am amazed and thrilled and feel some sort of karmic forgiveness for the  10′s of other orchids I have killed.

P.S. My blogging anniversary giveaway is still open and won’t be done until Friday when I pick a lucky duck so either scroll down and check it out or click here.

In my attempt to save money and not by 10 pounds of herbs when I need like an ounce I thought I would plant herbs…and well you all know about my Green Black Thumb so behold the most pathetic herb garden going.

(the brown crusty stuff in the back is cilantro, and the stuff that looks like hay was actually chives)

I bought them and like three weeks later decided it was time to plant them in a container that was way to small to house all of them, so only a chosen few…kind like the Jehovah’s, got to thrive in the container of heaven. 

Aaannnddd here they are…aren’t they just flourishing?

The basil is tasty…but the dill, lets just say Dill Weed!