Talking to Houseplants?

The Irrelevant:
Talking to Houseplants Podcast

My plant Robert ... get it? Robert Plant:-)

I binged listened to all the podcast episodes of 'Talking to Houseplants' this morning and found it as comical as it is reflective to a fellow houseplant owner:-)

It seems to be a podcast series that sprouted off the podcast hosts other podcast series 'The Irrelevant' podcast which I wrote about recently stumbling across when researching instant noodles -

The Irrelevant:
Instant Noodles

Irrelevant Podcasts and White Noise?

I find it funny how houseplants in modern pop-culture are often associated with single lonely guys:-) 

And that was rammed home to me while watching the third season of the Netflix series 'After Life' when Ricky's character is given a houseplant as a gift when his friends are trying to match him up to a girlfriend at a dinner party and as he is walking home by himself all depressed that his friends would do such a thing he throws the plant though the back window of an inconsiderate driver's car after the driver refuses to stop while Ricky was on a zebra crossing.

Plant scene from 'The Lonely Guy'

While I often joke about calling my houseplant Robert (as in Robert Plant:-), I never actually call the plant Robert and don't even see the plant as male or female, just as a living plant with a life force.

Conversations with the Universe, Robert Plant, Now and Then and Zen?

The Spirit of the Lily and the Lillypilly?

Robert's baby photo:-)

I never thought my little plant would grow to the point of hitting my kitchen ceiling or I never would have bought it in the first place.

I envisioned it growing maybe one foot, two foot tall max.
So listening to the 'Talking to Houseplants' podcast 3 minute episodes was rather comical reflective listening for a houseplant owner like myself:-)

Robert Plant now and zen:-)

And the backing music track is 'The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan' by Chris Zabriskie is rather melancholic and hauntingly beautiful in a meditative way.