April and Now...










































Never realized it closed its arms when it slept!




Identical...except for the new offset!








1st pic from Oct; just now broke dormacy






























































































While my favorite thing is conversation-killing (saying curt non sequiturs that bring conversation to a halt, i.e., "No one likes a showoff"), I have just today realized an even better one.
I was going to buy the two following plants after earlier deciding against it, but I had forgotten why I had decided not to buy them. I remembered: they only look funny in their current proportions, and soon would just look like furry fans as they grew. Still, everyone who has seen these pics has had a pleasant reaction so check it out:


Had a job interview today, and the gentleman said, QUOTE, "You're obviously not from New York. Where did you grow up?"