Succulents

I never really understood succulents before the GreenWall project at work. Cacti were these freaky painful things that were on display outside flower shops; I was afraid to touch them. I still have difficulty getting my head around these Starfish of the plant world where they'll regenerate from almost any part that falls off the mother plant.

(Logic may say starfish are much freakier considering plants don't move, they do. But as a child I was more interested in the animal kingdom than green stuff they ate.)

From an aesthetic point of view, I'm getting a better appreciation every time I take a look at them during maintenance. Their colours and patterns are really beautiful.

It probably also helps that I've also been introduced at the same time to a much more vicious plant, the bromeliads. Painful bastards to stick my hand in!

Empire Avenue?

I joined Empire Avenue out of curiosity. Basically it's a site that joins all your Social Networking needs into one site, and you can buy other people's shares exactly like the stock market. I'm sure you can find info about it in plenty of other places. The point of this post was to show that you can join your interest groups, and I've joined the "Gardening" Community and the "Nature" Community. I'm in the 'Nature' index, and I'm on top of the leaderboard for 'Vice President' *wootwoot*