I want to see-

some faces!!!!! I thought it would be fun to bump this old thread up again. I missed it the first go round and i'm sure there are quite a few new members who didnt get in on it either.

For the most part all of us only know one another as just some words on a screen. I have no idea just how many of us here within this forum have actually met in person but i'm sure some of us have. I havent met anyone in person yet!!!

I thought it would be nice to revisit this old thread and let the new people see what some of the older members look like and at the same time give some of us newer ones a chance to add a pic of ourselves.

This is not a recent pic of me. It was taken about 4 years ago at Ritter park in Huntington,WV. Notice how frozen solid the fountain in the park is behind me,so you know i'm about to freeze to death!!!

dmichael




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This message was edited Jul 31, 2007 7:25 PM

Nice to meet you dmichael....
ok...been wanting to post this picture of me and my 15 year old hoya...this is as good a place as any.....I am 5'4" and he is just touching the ground...
Lee Anne

Great idea, David. I've made some good friends on the forums, but have yet to meet anyone in person. Photographs would put faces to names, making it more personable.

Here's a photo of me from last September at the lake.

Shirley

Ok David, here is DD Levi (age 8), and I clowning in the kitchen. Seriously shiny faces, but it is HOT!!! My son had to take about 8 pictures until he came up with the one that he decided would work for this.

Great idea!!

Sara

This is really a recent picture. It was taken this past Sunday at church where I was the speaker for our Women's Day Service.

Blessings,
Awanda

Fun....
Ok, here's a recent pic of me with my friend's mother (I'm on the right). No, I'm not 12! I'm in my 30's, but I get carded to buy PLANTS without a parent...lol.
Gabi

Uhmmmm, errrrr...... ok :) I'll bite. Just remember, if you can't say anything nice...

I'm usually in jeans and a t-shirt but I take more pictures of my plants than of myself. The only time I have my picture taken is when I'm all gussied up.

A self-portrait of me and almost my cat while sitting at the computer.

MulletMan, um, er, where's the mullet?

OK....this is me with my 2 granddaughters (Tarah and Katie) at the Huntington Gardens last month.
Marcy

I'm Jackie, a relatively new hoya list member. I have 7 hoyas, but only 4 kinds.

This is fun...I'm new here too but enjoying it all so much! This is DH and I from this past weekend when we were out to dinner with our kids and our grandkids...
~Brenda

Brenda...how can you have grandkids...you don't look old enough to drive!!!

Sara...do something about that childs' eyes, would you?

Gee...such great photos!! Mulletman, I thought you were much older! Everyone (so far...heheh) looks so GREAT. Healthy and young and vibrant!!

I think I'll pass (just kidding...I just hired a professional photographer to follow me around for 3 weeks and I will choose the best shot!!).

I'm kind of new here. I joined last year and have collected a few new hoya's. Mainly from Kim in Bryan, Texas. She was kind enough to trade me hoya's for other plants I had since I had so few hoya's. Great person if y'all get the chance to trade with her.
The picture I'm sending was taken a little over a month ago at a Plumeria sale in Clearlake Texas. We were with very dear friends that we only see about once a year at the sale. Allen and I are in the middle.

Tami

Awwww, everyone here is just beautiful (and their mates/friends too)! It is really nice to see all those smiling faces - I'm glad you started this dmichael.
Mulletman ... where's the mullet! I must say you clean-up nice.
Mark, have you added new ink since the last pictures you posted?
Sara, your daughter is talented! I could never keep my eyes crossed long enough for someone to focus the camera and take the picture.
Here's me and my closest & dearest friends at graduation. I'm the chick in the upper right with the blue hat.
:-)
Ann

Not my best shot...but I had a really bad headache that day....

Oh, I can't believe I did that!!!! Here are we are at the Volcano a couple of years ago....my son Mark on my left...the guy with the beard is Bob...DH. The only changes are that son Mark is 40 lbs. lighter, I am totally the same and Bob...well, Bob is Bob.

Yay! I love these threads! It's so fun putting faces to the names. I'm still pretty new here, but I'll put my face up there anyway. This is me in front of some casino in Vegas in February...it's the best most recent one I could find. :-/. Going back there in September. Not sure how we're paying for it all, still paying for the last trip! Time to cut up credit cards maybe? LOL.

Grr, my head is cut off in the thumbnail!

This message was edited Aug 1, 2007 5:52 AM

Thanks DMichael, this thread was a great idea. This is a picture of myself and my wife from about 3 years ago. We are unchanged; at least I like to think so.

Doug

Hey guys! Lovely to see some of you in the flesh. Here I am with my hoyas in the background, just before I left Bristol. Needless to say, yesterday, my first night of unpacking, the hoyas all came out first! Now I've just got to set up a nice permanent position for them to live in!

Well, everyone looks so young!! And Carol, your "headache" looked like it was a killer!!! LOL
Well, here I am getting ready to leave for work this a.m.

Sure do enjoy "meeting" all of you!

Karen

I'm not much for standing still for pictures.....I'm pretty sure they steal your soul.

that's me on the left, my friend on the right.

David

We are neighbors--so if you want to meet some DGers give a yell.

I guess I qualify as a member of this forum since I got all of my hoyas from the co-op to root and miraculously 2 to bloom.

Carol

Love your humor.I did think that maybe that was a pic of your after a really strict diet.

As far as a picture,I'm not usually in the picture (I make sure of that) but here is one with 2 friends in San Diego a year ago.I'm in the middle.

Nancy

Wow!
First let me say...everyone looks WONDERFUL!!!
Second, I am SO happy to see so many males into plants/gardening!!! I LOVE that!
Third, I can't believe how young some of you are to have an interest in plants :) That is Awesome! I sure wish I had developed an interest sooner :)

I don't "do" pictures but this is me:

I just turned 40 and have been wroking with plants since I was able to fill a pot with dirt!!! My grandmother encouraged it as I was a child growing up and it has stuck with me and I love it. It's great therapy after a hard days work!!

amen!

I was never brought up around plants. Everything I have learned has been self directed research and because of everyone here at Dave's. I'm trying so hard to encourage my daughter (13) but she has absolutely NO interest what so ever :(

Hi Everybody!
I am new to the forum. I haven't posted anything until now. I started collecting hoyas in February and have around 40 now! And I just bought 20 starters from dmichael on ebay. Talk about an addict! - But, I love it.
I started because my mother had given me one 20 years ago - a carnosa, I guess, but it was beautiful. I love this forum. I enjoy reading, seeing the pictures, and learning about hoyas!
- so - I thought I would jump in now with a picture of me, my husband, Herb, our kids, Maddie and Rita, and a few of my hoyas.
Thanks for being there!
Luv,
Katie - I live in Long Beach, Mississippi

Katie, it is so nice to meet you!!!
What a perfect place for you to introduce yourself.
I love this forum too. The people here are generous with their information, as well as their hoyas.
Your photo is fabulous, thanks for sharing it.
Ann

I've always been fascinated with plants and animals. My 13 year old grandson seems to be developing an interest, and my 3 year old granddaughter. The rest of the kids think their ok, but no big deal.

Jackie

OH...Downscale...that was probably not-so-strict diet # 5555. Actually...working 12 acres has taken a slice off the oold middle!!! We are talking 67 now. Whatever is left is there to stay, I fear!!! YOU look terrific!!!

Everyone looks so alive and vibrant...no matter the amt. of vibrancy they carry!!! It is the life in the years, not the years in the life!!! With love to you all...

Carol

I was never into plants growing up. My mother had so many plants (and was a big jade lover, but I never *knew* that until I recently noticed all the jades in her house, now that I KNOW what they are!). Anyway, watering plants seemed like such a chore, and whenever she would ask me to water her garden I would whine. Since then, any plants I have gotten as a gift were on death row....I just never cared to water them.

It wasn't until I bought my first place that I bought my first plants....and whad'ya know, they were both Hoya carnosa KQ...from a grocery store. Before I moved to my place, I lived in a tiny basement with NO light, so I couldn't keep any plants (nor did I want any). I figured that I HAD to buy plants for my new place since it had wall to wall windows. Anyway, it wasn't really until I decided to save my friend's [close-to-death] HUGE jade that I realized I really did have a green thumb. Then I realized how much I really liked those hoyas I bought (it was really by chance...I went into the grocery store looking for any type of vining plant, and happened to find those), and tried to figure out what they were! I finally found out they were hoyas (and that there were MANY more types of hoya) after doing some internet research, and that was IT. I was hooked.

This was 3 years ago, when I was 28. I hope to keep this plant hobby for a long, long time.

Gabi

I am mostly a lurker as I just got started with Hoyas this Spring. Have learned a lot from this forum and got several cuttings from members. Thanks!

I have gardened all my life-always been interested. I pulled up a seedling and my Dad let me plant it when I was 3. That tree is still growing! One Grandpa was a farmer and I spent my summers with him and Grandma until I was 12. Both Grandmas had lots of houseplants. Even when I had to live in cramped apts. with only a balcony, I always have had houseplants and a tomato vine in a pot in summer!

Ok...since I posted on the av forum I thought I would do it here as well. I had to borrow frostweed's pic from our spring roundup. I am the one on the left. Don't be afraid to show it to all your single guy friends....lol!

Kim

KIM...can I send it to my son - ? 38...but lives way far away!!! Ever thought of living in Washington State????

Carol and Kim, wouldn't that just be too much fun? The cute son would just be a bonus, HA! Besides, what is far in this day and age, with internet and air travel, distance is all relative?

:)

S

Lol you guys!!! Washington state sounds a bit chilly to me....but it is pretty. I went there once to visit a friend of mine when she lived there. She was on the coast and it was very nice.

Kim

38 and Washington State? Sounds good to me! Does he make enough for me to be able to fly home to visit my family 5 or 6 times a year, plus holidays?
Does he like cats and birds and goats? (the goats would be outdoor pets of course) and most important, will I be able to get highly discounted Aloha hoyas since you will eventually be my mother in law?

Hey, if discounted Aloha Hoyas are at stake, I do have a beautiful, single, almost-29 year old daughter.......hmmmm, wonder if she'd be upset to see this post....LOL!

Karen

Ok I put my pic, on AV Form So now I will try this form I am 54 years old and have 1 son 32 and 3 grandkid, I grow houseplants, African Violets, Begonias, Hoyas and what ever else will grow. This pic was taken 2004 But one day I will get another pic of me as I am now hair is just shorter
Kim (AKA) Dimmer

YES to all of you!!!

Dimmer...what a gorgeous smile!!!! Makes me smile back!!