Catching Up With Buddy (by John)

For those of you who read an earlier blog post by Cindy you may remember that early on during the COVID-19 crisis we became foster (or as we like to say, “forester”) parents to a corn plant (Dracaena Fragrans) named Buddy. Buddy’s proud papa is a neighbor in our apartment complex, John H. John lives in the apartment opposite ours across the pool deck. John is from Tampa, Florida but is setting up an office in Costa Rica and is supposed to spend about 75% of his time here. When COVID-19 started to heat up he returned to Tampa for the foreseeable future and left us in charge of his beloved Buddy.

As Cindy noted in her earlier blog post, we have been providing John with daily or near daily updates as to what Buddy is up to via WhatsApp. Cindy included a couple of our Buddy posts in her post. I thought I would share the entire series from day one through yesterday (6 weeks). Please note: Buddy came to us faceless but developed a face and a personality soon after his arrival. Enjoy his story!

In case you were wondering, our neighbor has been appropriately amused and/or horrified, depending on the day. Some of his responses have been priceless, but are reluctant to share without his express permission.

Stay tuned – Buddy posts will continue as long as this epidemic requires our “forester” parenting.