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Found my old plant journal from college and the page count shocked me
I was cleaning out a box in the garage yesterday and found this green notebook I used back in 2012. I started it for a botany class, just to keep notes on the lab plants. I flipped through it and counted the pages I'd actually filled with sketches and observations. It was 47 pages. That number hit me because I remember thinking I'd never keep it up after the class ended. But looking at it now, I see notes on the spider plant I got for my dorm, a pressed leaf from a red maple on campus, and even a messy drawing of a mushroom I found. It's not fancy, but it's proof I was into this stuff way before I had a real garden. It's funny how a simple notebook can show you who you really were. Has anyone else found an old record of their plant interest that surprised them?
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rowan66612d ago
Ever find a logbook from a forgotten road trip?
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Remember reading about how people used to keep "commonplace books" for stuff they found interesting. Your plant journal sounds like that, just for green things. Found my grandma's garden notes from the 70s in a recipe box once, just lists of what she planted and when it bloomed. It was so simple but it made me see her in a totally new way. Those old records are like little time machines, you know?
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