Nicer subjects

 

The Bromelia balensae flower spike continues to grow and evolve.

There are now not one, but four pups sprouting up around the mother plant so I think I will be in very good shape in the future.

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Vlad and Natasha are enjoying another wonderful trip up in the Olympic Peninsula area.

I ran into one of the best writers and smartest and nicest people I know the other day, Helen. 

I think she is coming back after a brief hiatus.

Check out her writing on her excellent blog, Guacamole Gulch. Her last post was funny, she says that she is done with gardening. Likes planting, it is the maintenance that is the pain. I can relate.