I've been ill for a few years and I haven't been on here. I'm much better now! Thanks to God!!!! Still got a ways to go. Starting to garden and take care of the plants that survived my inability to care properly for them. I'm lokking for African Daisies and Flax seed. The Flax seed have blue flowers. I forget the name for them. It feels so good to be back!!

Hi All! Thanks for all the reply's and information. Firstly Philodendron can go to buggery! It has run rampant down the whole left side of the fence and is taking me far too long to pull out! hahaha. I'm glad I can now curse it by it's full and proper name. :) I have avoided taking the snakes presence personally by whacking them on the head with a shovel, I am aware they are just tree's normally but that brown little tail heading into the bush's got my heckles up I can tell you, he nearly got shovelled! I had my 8 month old playing on my shoulders at the time so I was unable to act quickly but to avoid stepping on him, went back for a photo of course! :) I'll sleep better when I have taken away all the old green rubbish form our backyard and I can see whats crawling around out there. I really need to buy a little trailer to avoid the continuous pile up I manage to accumulate. The neighbours cleaned out the opposite side of the fence line at easter and I heard them squealing as they managed to knock on the head a red belly black that had found himself quite at home in the kids tree house (more commonly used by the family cat then anyone else I think). BA - Your 100% correct I have been outside today and it looks exactly as expected to be a large Pyramidalis patch quite content looking after itself! Nev - Glad that I only have killed a few so far then with the lack of green stuff! I thought perhaps I was an epic seed grower who had cultivated an albino neo and was gong to retire at 27 from the proceeds! Lisa - Firstly the parent of my little neo children is attached below! It had a little white tag stuffed into it (Hal Ellis) but I am yet to see many photo's that look similar to me. Pulled from the "to the tip" pile after reading nev's seed guide and deciding to go back and just check I didn't throw away any viable little pods, yes indeed I had and so I used them to my best advantage and the plant has also now shot a pair more pups so I can make some comparison's (in about 3 years). As for your NOID topic, I did read it and I'm still hardly worth asking about what is what! However I can help with some photo's & information I think. I would rule out Rosy Morn & Red Gold from what I have seen of them here. Sun or Shade grown the Rosy seems to stay a lot flatter then your plants and a darker dare I say deeper colour, yours appear like a pastel to me compared. I will say that the pup I took off mine last week has a similar structure but I dare say it will flatten out with time. My Rosy that is now fading is about 70cm's across mind you so it has a bit of size to it compared with most. Rosy Morn Mother - 80% of the Day in Shade. Rosy Morn Pup Shots The Red Gold hasn't nearly the size or width of leaf to match either from what I can tell. The plant I have attached at the top of this thread I had been told was Red Gold. It's only 50cm's across however & not nearly thick enough in the leaf to be similar to yours. Red Gold Measurement Pic That said there is this guy here. It had the tag when I got here, so maybe correct, may not be and it shares some likeness to your plant in structure and colour I suppose, not a hint of blue about it though. I can't really trust any of the tags I found here when we moved in anyway. Hope this helps! Gordon.

Thanks for the info. I liked the look of the black enamel as it seemed more contemporary (but not too odd) but I noticed a whitish area on the enamel liner near where the flame had been once the fire was off. It was faint but I could see it from across the room since it was white on black and was concerned about how bad that would become over time or whether there was any way to get rid of it (cleaner, new paint, etc.). Has anyone had a black enamel liner for a few years to see how it holds up?

On our Panama Canal cruise last year on a Celebrity ship, you could not walk into any dining area without sanitizing. There were machines at every door and if you walked past one, a porter would hold out a giant squirt bottle of the stuff. A serious Novovirus outbreak typically results in the ship being emptied, and the cruise cancelled or on hold while the ship is scrubbed top to bottom. Shigellosis is another outbreak that will clear an entire ship. Nasty stuff, I was deathly ill back in 1979 after a trip to Mexico City (a private land tour) where I picked up Shigella. I was hospitalized for a week and out of work for several months. Jodi-