Tropicals & Tender Perennials: The Swedes started it...., 1 by suzmyers

suzmyers wrote:
Well, I'm not new here, but mostly a lurker. I'm 57 at the end of this month (a Leo, too) and married almost 36 years to the same tolerant DH. I have two human kids, a 23 year old son and 17 year old daughter. Our household also includes a 3 year old epileptic Jack Russell Terrier, a 6 month old Golden Retreiver, a parakeet, a big fish tank and 3 horses!
I've been a hoya addict for at least 25 years as I got my first carnosa back then when we lived in a very sunny house. Once we moved to a very shady house I lost my carnosa...
But we moved back to another sunny house and about 5 years ago another carnosa appeared on my kitchen window sill...and it seems hoyas have now taken over every room in the house (wow, they breed like rabbits ) I wish I could get more of them to bloom, and hope they will once we move from the frigid north (Chicago area) next year down to North East Georgia. We are in the process of building our retirement home down there and there will be LOTS more places to grow hoya's and orchids (another passion of mine). Luckily I married a gardener who understands my "needs" and lets me play plants when ever I get some time.
In my past life I was an accountant and a bird breeder, but those things were many years ago and mostly in the past child rearing lifetime I have been a stay at home mom and "professional volunteer".
Don't have a picture of me alone, and PSP doesn't work on my new computer for some reason, so you will see me in the red coat along with my sister, my son, daughter, niece and nephew in this picture.
I so enjoy everyone here and think this is a incredibly FUN thread....thank you Ms Pimpette for starting this....
Sue M