What's the secret to making an African Violet bloom? Patience and family ties, apparently. Kathleen has tried repeatedly to get one to bloom in a kitchen window like her mother always did, but without much success. (One thing we do know, you must pour the water into the saucer, not the pot.) Grandma Blethen was actually the real expert. She would often come calling and replace Grandma Florence's dull Africans with fresh, blooming ones rotated from her own kitchen window. So this is just family tradition. Recently daughter Melissa presented Kathleen with a new candidate and,
mirable dictu, we have ignition. This little sweetie now watches over our kitchen. At last.
