Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Do plants have eyes?

Before thinking of the tightrope feat I will attempt today, I've decided to focus on something fun first...help me keep the day's circus acts in perspective:

My eldest brought home a plant for mothers day, the cute kind in a baby jar all decorated.  It's on my kitchen sink windowsill and is growing very nicely.  I'm wondering how in the last 12 hours, the longest stem found the tether to my blinds and wrapped itself around.  When I went to bed, I did a double take as I shut the window and wondered, is that branch reaching for the pulley?  This morning it was confirmed, while I was sleeping, that young branch wound itself around the beaded cord three times.  Amazing!  How did that plant know that blind's cord, 6 inches away, would be a good fit to loop itself around and grow?  Plants must have eyes.  Re-think this one all my friends and family who are vegans...maybe plants do have eyes.

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