I don’t know how it happened. I mean, I know how it happens, but this fruit didn’t result from any of my pollination attempts, which all failed to take. Perhaps a housefly is responsible? In any case, we were thrilled to see the fruit form and, over a few months, turn bright shocking pink. The color is lovely! And it means that the fruit is ripe. This morning, after Rich took some photos, we harvested the fruit and found 65 seeds inside. They’re drying now and will be sown in the morning.
Google’s massive changes to their pricing structure for use of the Google Maps API has sent many people (myself included) looking for alternatives. I’ve been having a lot of success with Leaflet, and enjoying the learning process along the way!
One of our favorite YouTube creators, Lyn of Desert Plants of Avalon, says about buying plants: “There’s always room for one more—or a few more!” We took that to heart this morning when we found a rack of succulents that had just arrived a few days before at Home Depot. Dad told us that he saw them coming in, and that they looked pretty interesting.
Today’s find at Lowe’s was this colorful trio of succulents, Kalanchoe tomentosa ‘Chocolate Soldier’, in a two-inch pot. Rich was immediately enamored and although I had seen these and other “panda plants” a few times before, I hadn’t taken a close look. When I did, I saw just how interesting this plant really is. Brilliant orange fuzzy tips on the new leaves eventually age to brown and green. And the fuzziness! I can’t stop touching this plant, which Rich thinks is hilarious. It’s the most velvety-soft plant I have. And the rainbow of colors will brighten up the gloomiest winter day.
Over the past few weeks, Rich and I have been adding to our WordPress photo gallery from this year’s trip to Maine. After most of the photos were added, Rich asked if I could create a Google Doc to share with him so he could help to create and edit captions for the images. The document would contain each image’s filename and its caption, if one existed, one per line.
The 1915 Path Guide was a publication of the Joint Path Committee, intended to be a comprehensive guide to the walking paths on the island at the time. According to Pathmakers (p. 85), the trails on the 1916 Path Map are numbered to correspond to the descriptions in the 1915 guide.
This morning Rich and I returned to Lowe’s in search of a cactus that I saw there last time but wasn’t ready to purchase. It was an Oreocereus trollii, but what made it a bit special was that it had an arm. I have several Oreocereus already, and I was torn about whether I should buy it. I decided that I would come back in a few weeks and if it was still there, I’d buy it.
