An unfortunate post

I know it's been unexcusably long since my last post, and I promise to post a lot in the upcoming weeks, but unfortunately, my very first post this year is a real downer.

My apartment gets almost no direct sunlight and can get quite cold. He had been fighting a losing struggle ever since he arrived and it was pretty clear this day would come before winter was over. I had friends water him while I was gone on break, but it just wasn't enough. When I returned from vacation there were no living leaves and there was nothing I could do.

Readers of this blog have been avid Basil supporters since the beginning, so I felt it was only fair to make a small tribute so that everyone could reminisce. He will be missed.

Basil - A Retrospective