Aphelandra squarrosa up close.

You must be a pioneer!

Probably not the first in humankind,but first to plant board and internet searches!

It’s a striking plant, Stan! Love the colours and markings. Ok, so maybe not the first as such, but a pioneer of sorts as Klahanie said!

A very striking plant, anyway.

It looks very nice, unfortunately the long-term survival rate there is pretty bleak. I tried many when I lived there...they all died within a year.

Times have changed Andy..the bay area is like one big building with the thermostat set for no lower than 35f! ( I hope!)

Thats gorgeous Stan.

Thank you Penny! How have you been? I noticed I haven't seen you post in a while.

Your welcome Stan 😊 I ve not been to well Stan and trouble sleeping ..
I ve lost all my photos but my grandson has copies he hopes so he will have to check they are still on his hard drive and then transfer them again for me.

I've lost photos too. When photobucket began to charge hundreds of dollars...there they went.
The computer age is the worst for memories. Paper is better.

I recall you saying a while back on loosing your photos Stan yes I agree I have never trusted the pc along with many others here not even for filling in local government forms with personal data they request. I am glad my grandson kept copies of my photos.