Ferdinand

Ferdinand is the guy that waters the plants in our office. He comes in once a week. Most people call him the Wizard because of his dirty gray hair and grizzled features. He smells funny. Also, one day he magically showed up in place of the old plant lady (thank you zach for the info). Carla thinks his name is Fernando. He reminds me of the old man in "Into the Woods" and I imagine he lives in a cabin somewhere in a forest near the city if indeed he lives indoors at all.

He gave me a plant when we replaced some in the office. I had just gotten my new apartment and thought it would be nice to have something living in it aside from the three of us and the occasional waterbug. We named the plant Harry. It died slowly and painfully and is still sitting in a box on the balcony. I was supposed to dispose of it this morning as per Michelle's request but I forgot.

One day in Union Square during lunch I was walking through the market with some girls from work and we picked out some little cactus type plants for our desks. It's middle name is Ferdinand after our plant man.