I save the ends of my vegetables and the pits of avocados to give to him because he likes trying to grow stuff. So far he's sprouted three avocado plants, four bulbs of garlic, one carrot, some celery, three leeks, and an infinite amount of spring onions in our linen closet, all of which are now growing in terracotta pots he borrowed (stole) from my mom's gardening shed that she doesn't use anymore. He also found a random seed, I think possibly a chestnut, which he's planted in an old barrel in the yard and it's actually growing a tree! Last spring, he completely revived my mom's flower garden which she had given up hope for. Extremely sentimental for us all because it was originally my grandma's flower garden, but it went to hell after she died several years ago. He has a shockingly high success rate with plants, and I fully believe it's because he's such a nurturing and naturally loving person. He even sings to them. 😭

Since the moment we met he always has conversations with my husky when he thinks I can’t hear him. She’s very chatty and will “awoo” in conversation format, but only with the humans she loves the most. And my partner is a stoic and seemingly-rough-around-the-edges man who’s a big softie on the inside.

He’ll playfully say things like “oh really?”, or, “you said that yesterday!”

Absolutely melts my heart!