Say Hello to my Little Friends

We recently returned home from a trip to visit my folks in Southern California.  The thing you may or may not know about the area is that it's basically a desert.  Not quite like Arizona is a desert (we went there too!), but it is generally rather warm and it does not rain much.  Over the years I've noticed that people in the LA area are trending more and more towards planting their yards with local drought-tolerant plants.  Native sages, buckwheat, wooly blue curls, etc.  It's environmentally friendly, and it usually looks really nice; much more interesting than a giant green lawn that uses up tons of water.  One category of plants that has really caught on is succulents.  I think succulents are amazing, and if we lived in LA I would plant them all over the place.  However, we live in the Mid-Atlantic, and they might look odd in our front yard.  I haven't ruled it out, but we're spending our time and money on the garden for now anyway, so landscaping is on the back burner.

However, I stopped dead in my tracks at Home Depot today when I spotted teeny-tiny pots of wee little succulents.  I have a square glass vase (left over from our wedding) that I had been thinking would look great in the guest room with some succulents in it, but I did not expect to find any out here.  I was wrong!

Look me in the eye and tell me they're not adorable.  Seriously.  You can't do it.  Why?  Because they're darling!