It's all in the marketing

[nightdog_barks]

So yesterday I went by Sprouts for a few things, and, as I usually do, I lingered in the entrance to check out their herbs and small houseplants. And! They had a display up, with probably a dozen potted plants that looked vaguely familiar, and a sign on the display that said "Hygge plants $12." And I was like, wait what? Hygge plants? That ... what? There's no such thing as a hygge plant! IS THERE? So I picked up one of the plants, and very definitely what I was holding in my hand was a perfectly innocent Pachira aquatica. A Money Tree. (I actually thought at first it was a Schefflera because the little baby leaves looked like a Schefflera, but it was a Money Tree.) The plant itself had a little tag that ALSO identified it as a hygge plant, together with some marketing blather about comfort and home-iness and wellness. For $12. Which honestly is not a terrible price for one of those braided plants, and they all looked bright and healthy. But anyway, I thought it was funny. A hygge plant. You bet. :D

It is still unseasonably hot here, but we are supposed to have some relief by next week.

Just one chapter left in Grant. It has been a TERRIFIC read, but omg I will be glad to pick up something else.