Local notice - non-succulent

For those of you in the Portland area and are interested, most of you know that  - other than succulent plants - my other vocation has been as a United Methodist clergy - now retired. However, I'm still asked to preach on occasion, and this coming Sunday (Oct. 5) I'll be preaching at Northminster Presbyterian Church in North Portland (10:00 a.m.). You're more than welcome to come and visit.

Some choice crests

The white fluff isn't clouds but the white hair of other nearby crests!

Overlook Park message

On most mornings Lynn-Marie and I go over to Overlook Park and walk a mile before we go have our morning latte. The park overlooks downtown Portland and has a large playground, two baseball fields and a couple of soccer fields. A nice trail is about 1/3 of a mile long and there's some nice shrubbery and a fantastic, old, American Elm.
In addition, homeless people sometimes set up a makeshift tent or sleep under the shrubs. One morning, as we were walking, we noticed these bags next to one of the trash bins.

They'll probably never see this, but this serves as a "thank you" to the homeless couple who cleaned up the mess, including some discarded hypodermic needles, and giving notice to the park cleanup crew so they wouldn't get hurt.
It's a disgrace that, here in one of the most prosperous nations on earth, we have so many people just struggling to survive.
Back to plants in the next post! :)

Echeveria 'Frank Reinelt'

An absolutely gorgeous cultivar, especially at this time of year.

Adromischus leucophyllus

A very nice Adromischus which should get more attention than it gets.

Stapelia paniculata ssp. scitula

This is a very easy to grow plant which flowers prolifically and profusely every year.

An Assortment of Aloes

This is just a random photo from one of our two greenhouses showing an assortment of aloes and a Cotyledon.

I'm back!

Apologies for my recent absence. No excuses, just took a break. We're currently planning on having a local sale of plants sometime near the end of September. Check back. I'll be posting more things.