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Was walking along the edge of a huge grass covered crater of a dormant volcano with my mum and her two horses and I slipped.. Grabbed onto the edge and dug in my fingers as deeply as I could, very aware that loosing my grip would most likely entail death. Seemed like it took forever for my mum to get off her horse and help me, but she eventually did, passed me the reigns from her horse to grab onto and he pulled me up and over the edge. Then we walk further along, mum back on her horse and leading the other one behind her. Then without warning the male horse jumps up onto the female horse, squishing my mum between them. I panic and call for help, out of nowhere other people appear and help me pull mum out. I was sure her back would be broken or something serious, but she's fine, just brushes herself off and then laughs about it. Then later on I am going to visit my old landlady, she wants to show me a house bus she has for rent.. It looks like a pretty normal house bus on the outside but when I go inside, I realise its much much much bigger than it really should or could be. Flash as fuck too, two stories, massive conservatory along one side, amazing views down into a forested gully which extends for miles. She tells me I can rent it for $60 a week. ..Wake up really wanting to live in a house bus <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_tongue.png

A lil update... Gardens been displaced once more except this time I have moved islands! Have brought some stuff with me but the major focus this year was raising stuff from seed with my plant-loving bf. We have produced around 700 seedlings this season (...*gulp*) and I've been working on the pereskiopsis grafts, got up to about the 70~80 mark now (yay for pere) Haven't taken photos of everything yet but this will give a glimpse! Some sharxx blue x TPM grafts My first row of graduates (from the moisture chamber) ..these lil guys were gifted some jasper topping stones to mark their progression into the real world of sunlight and inconsistent humidity. And this ain't my plant but dang, I have gotten to know it very well taking around 100 clones from it in the last few months... This is not something you see everyday!!! Or in my case - ever before! Pere in bloom today Crests are going nicely.. ... Bog is still winning at life And a final LOL @ this guy... bridgesii 'Anna' x Roseii 1

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Dcliw your autopilot half-sleeping brain gets you out of bed at 4am and you go sit on the couch for no apparent reason, only to awaken there confused but pleasantly surprised when your partner unexpectedly returns a day early from a long drive with 30metres of cactus to unload. And here you are ready and waiting like the psychic dogs who sit patiently by the door as they know when their person is heading home.

Awesome!! Thanks so much <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png

Dchiw you wake up feeling funny (bad funny not good funny) and then gradually your most recent dream coalesces to some extent ..not enough to remember what it was about but enough to remember that you were uncontrollably bawling your eyes out in that dream and this well of saddness those perpetual dream-tears leaked from feels so close to the surface you want to cry but cannot remember why <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_sad.png

Happy birthday man <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png hope its a lovely day for you

Cool!! If either of you ever get a chance to post pix I would love to see. Mine got given away with a moving house mish. All envelopes packed and ready to go in the mail tomorrow, thanks people ^_^

Hey, anyone else growing these? (SS02 x SS01) x Lumberjack They are all coming out white and pink. Any other variegated or albino seedlings out there from this cross?

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts is an amazing book, I cannot even explain how deeply it hooked me. Finishing it was like waking up from a dream which I didn't want to end.

Hey man, thanks for the bump.. Well yes and no. Actually yes in a way. There has been some progress <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png some big life changes tho too so it has been a sporadic start. What I did was got a big A4 blank art book and began making mind maps and flow charts.. Just set about getting the beginning ideas onto paper and from there used free-association to expand upon the core themes. The framework of the story began to naturally assert itself as I approached it with a open mind as well as continually referring to my feelings and instincts about where it could go. I explored a few different models of the archetypal heroic myths and then set about creating my own uhhmmm..Plot Diagram thingy.. Of how the story is due to unfold. I connected each phase of the story with an element and built a secondary layer of brainstormed ideas from the intuited thoughts on the nature of each process of transformation. Then I just kept hoarding ideas in my big book and gradually started building a couple of main characters. I am still very much in the beginning stages of actual writing, I have set out a few draft chapters but really I'm just practicing and not worrying too much about getting everything perfect as I'm more just focusing on developing the skill to accurately convey a scene which arises as a mental picture. I think the most effective approach for me has been just practicing effectively describing random scenarios in writing, they need'nt be profound or connected to your intended story, just the act of learning how to do it by doing it has been good fun and shows you where you're at. Good luck <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png I'm by no means established but im having a try atleast, seems like a worthwhile thing to do! Another thing I found useful was reading lots of quality writing, and really digesting the way the words flow, how a scene is established. Experiencing it as completely as possible, merging with the story but also stepping back and scrutinising 'how' the author did something, assessing what worked so well about that. I guess it's developing an art of observation and keen descriptive and emotive ability. Such things are amazing to just have a play around with, engages your mind in a very unique way.

Only home grown seed batch I've ever been a part of making.. Was a couple ..maybe 3 years back but still could have some germ

~~~ SEE POST BELOW FOR CURRENT SEED LIST~~~ (i am reusing this thread instead of creating a new one) Hey folks, got a lil bit excess cacti and misc seed to trade, Looking for trich seed mostly.. Or anything notably awesome that people should just grow because its so amazing.. I have: Bridgesii 'Anna' x Roseii #1 Roseii #1 x pach Pach x Bridgesii 'Anna' Peru OP (Rather old) Peru x 'Yowie' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lobelia inflata Heimia salicifolia 'sinicuichi' Aralia cordata Ceratonia siliqua - carob Silene capensis Rustica Pm me if interested. Thanks!

Very nice my bro. A treat to see your pics again. Could you by any chance update me on your biggest Peru in the ground? It was inbetween overgrown gardens close to your old man's potting shed. ..annd your 'Quentin' monstrose bridgesii which went into the ground 3 or so years ago. Miss you, miss your garden and miss your family too, plz give yo mama and papa hugs for me. ..and this "CC's T. spp CC4171 - Apparently came from Oreocereus weberi" How did you come upon this info?

I do! (..Have Fatalli that is) They're from last year but have been stored reasonably well and there's 12 there, should still get some germinate. I'll send them to ya if you pm an addy.... Maaaybe you could feel inclined to send me a couple of Carolina reaper seeds when you get pods later in the season? Bf wanted to grow them. I personally wouldn't cause I don't wana be growing chillies so hot I can't eat them, but hey, each to their own ;)

I sowed some about a month ago, unfortunately I haven't had the greatest germination rates, or I was more tame in my seed-sprinkling than I thought but I definitely have a few I can graft once the Peres are ready <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png

There are a few things which i thought i couldnt live without, but by becoming really poor and suddenly living in a big city, i realised i can survive depravation from, atleast temperarily. Milk..coffee..cigs.. A washing machiene at my own house Perpetual solitude Complete darkness and silence while i sleep A whole house full of stuff which i rarely utilise or pay much attention to These are small steps, i still buy milk and coffee when i can ;) But eventually i believe i could forgo alot more. I am a loner and have often dreamed of retreating to the mountainous forests and builing a solo life amoung the trees.. but thats uneccesary at this time. Ideally i'd like to live in a world where money was abolished and we traded our way through daily life. I could live without being entrapped by the monetary system.

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Happy bday Mistycool Oyster, have a good one <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png

i got my seeds (<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png) thanks heaps...but i left my pereskiopsis at my old house by accident when i moved so this has set me back. gonna try get my hands on some soon. thanks EG!!

he seems happy, just as boss plant king as ever. same with nito.