Day 200: With no internet, no land line, no cell service, I spent a quiet day making occasional forays out into the yard to feed Beaks and putter in the flower beds and garden. Sometimes it's nice to have down-time, even if it's not by choice. The brightest spot in today's activities was taken by "Plum Beauty," a grafted Adenium which spends most of its time looking like two tall sticks topped by a few leathery leaves, but when it decides to put on a show, it pulls out all the stops. The flowers (only one at present) are fully two and a half inches across, a rich purple-red on the outer margins, marked with hot pink surrounding a deep yellow center. I have two other Adeniums in my collection, but "Plum Beauty" is the showiest and the most reliable. It's nice to have something reliable. My internet and phone service certainly aren't.
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