Trial and Error in Florida 2012

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Re: Trial and Error in Florida 2012

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Your succulents are gorgeous, by the way.
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Thank you! I especially love the colors of the Echeverias.
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Re: Trial and Error in Florida 2012

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Here are a couple of experimental links to my facebook albums, I think they have been made public. It's a crap shoot with facebook ... (or maybe just with moi!)

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... e4866a8a25" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... ee75222599" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(edited to correct links)
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Just clicked & got "Currently Unavailable", Harriet :( !
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Beautiful stuff Harriet. I love your landscaping as well. Not many yards look like that here =D>

The third picture in is a Steno. Multicostatum? I want your plant.. lol.. mine are still in seed form :(

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Harriet wrote:Here are a couple of experimental links to my facebook albums, I think they have been made public. It's a crap shoot with facebook ... (or maybe just with moi!)

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 513&type=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 513&type=3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Links are not working. :idea:
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Didn't see all I should see, try these links instead!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... e4866a8a25" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... ee75222599" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Success! Great pics, Harriet! Let see...Landscaper, Greenhouse construction, photographer... What's that....@ $500/hr! :wink: Hubby's not going to be able to afford to keep you! :lol:
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New and irresistible...
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I love waking up to stuff like this! A Cereus peruvianus in a wet T-shirt contest.
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Gorgeous! Wish mine would do something along the lines of that, just got to wait patiently I guess
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Since it is raining and miserable outside, I thought I'd come in an catch up with some recent pictures.

But first...YIKES! The rain is from a Tropical Storm, and it isn't even officially Hurricane Season yet. We may be in for a long, wet and windy summer here in Florida!
Another Trichocereus putting out big and really red flowers.
Another Trichocereus putting out big and really red flowers.
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New "Succulent  Corner", an hour later it was a succulent, birdhouse, light house, and cactus corner.  And already out of room.
New "Succulent Corner", an hour later it was a succulent, birdhouse, light house, and cactus corner. And already out of room.
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A new "Sedumgasterialabra" just for fun.
A new "Sedumgasterialabra" just for fun.
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Nice and homey pics. I bet your yard overall is so beautiful. I wish we were getting rain here in southern Louisiana. We need it. So hot and dry. Im hoping some of that tropical disturbance comes our way....the rain part though.
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nice photos. The links worked fine for me, maybe cause I actually have a face book account? lol
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love the cereus and the tricho, very beautiful!!
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