fecundity vs ferocity

I checked some plants I have growing in pots and I noticed that some insects had gotten to them and eaten part of their leaves.
Always they find the plants you treasure the most
and yet
it is rare that even bad leaf eating insect attacks will kill the plants. Mame them. yes. Disfigure them, yes. Kill them, not so much.
And that made me think that maybe Mother Nature has a plan that I have failed to see.
It made me wonder if there is some sort of master plan, that in climates like ours where things grow so easily, the fecundity ratio is balanced by the ferocity of the insects
A thought.
A silly thought perhaps, but still.

Anyway. My plants look like Cinderella before the ball.
Now I hope that after some time they will look like her at the ball all spiffy and lovely.

Six States of Drunkenness

On a site that I read frequently, devoted to the joy of words, I came across this little gem.
In includes two important things in my life.....the love of words and the occasional over-indulgence in spirits.

Six States of  Drunkenness

1.  Verbose

2.  Jocose

3.  Morose

4.  Lachrymose

5. Bellicose

6. Comatose

Pretty cool, No!