{"id":2957,"date":"2012-07-30T19:52:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T02:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/blog\/?p=2957"},"modified":"2012-07-30T19:52:25","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T02:52:25","slug":"then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/2012\/07\/then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

As many of you know, I’ve been obsessed with carnivores ever since I was a kid. Some of my earliest memories of carnivorous plants include watching them on <\/span>Mr. Wizard’s World<\/a>, <\/span>3-2-1 Contact<\/a> (<\/span>DUDE! Remember this song?! SING IT WITH ME!<\/a><\/em><\/strong>), and <\/span>Nature<\/a>. I recently found another one of my drawings that I did for a school project back when I was in elementary school. I believe it was around the same time I did <\/span>this<\/a>\u00a0drawing – early 90’s? I was probably around 9 or 10 at the time or something. I was inspired by the only book our library had on\u00a0carnivores\u00a0at the time and I bascially just transcribed those diagrams to my own poster.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even back then, I was obsessed with plants – especially carnivorous plants. I can still remember explaining to some of my classmates and teachers what these plants were, what they did, how they did what they did. These plants are amazing. I was, still am, and will always will be drawn to their botanical badassery.<\/p>\n

This weekend, I brought the drawing to the new greenhouse that I’m moving into. \u00a0(Moving photos on the move to follow in a future post!) Such a beautiful juxtaposition. I’m truly amazed to see how far this botanical journey has taken me. It’s amazing to look back and see the humble beginnings; it really puts things in perspective for me. It makes me thankful for my roots, appreciate what I have now, as well as look forward to the future with\u00a0unbridled\u00a0excitement.<\/p>\n

Let’s grow.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nAn art project on carnivorous plants I did back in the day, circa 1990.
\nPre voice-cracking days.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Here’s some close up photos from my\u00a0elementary\u00a0school project. I hope you enjoy my humble sketches from back in the day!\u00a0And Yo… Don’t mind the spelling — ya know I didn’t have spell check in elementary school. \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n

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