I got around the log in issue by adopting a new pseudonym (username). It kept rejecting my old one. Sure the old profile and data still survive somewhere. Existing in parallel universes has its perks, I guess. But all this white hurts my eyes. Do we need to go to settings each time we visit here to reduce luminosity?! I feel like I now know what it must be like to go snow blind!!! Maybe just wear a pair a shades.

The Houzz format already existed. They grafted Garden Web onto it to host it because Garden Web was no longer being hosted. The GW announcements said that GW would go away if someone did not offer to host it. The GW format was developed in 1995 and was somewhat cumbersome and out of date. I found an interesting thread that might help explain and share opinions of others: G-web joining houzz, what do you think?

That may not help you for long. It seems to be a server thing and there's no rhyme nor reason to who gets stuck in the horrid houzz format and who's able to see the old GW one. Content is different, too, incidentally, in some forums. Not everything posted on the houzz side appears in GW.

It's certainly been a learning curve! Things I thought I'd never do, I ended up doing (I treated every plant remaining with everything I had- anti-bacterials, fungicides, insecticides, miticides, etc., thus they will remain indoors for quite some time, so I don't hurt any beneficial critters). Eventually, I'll replace what was lost, but for now, I am grateful for what has survived! Thanks for the empathy, and again, I am sorry for just disappearing. It was a stressful ordeal, combined with the everyday stress of life, and I needed to just get away from it all. I also made my Facebook private and deleted everyone, including groups. No offense to anyone; it had nothing to do with the plant issues. There were just a bunch of people I didn't know trying to friend me; people with Ebay issues were contacting me on FB instead of Ebay; and some random strangers (no one ya'll know- hopefully) were asking for things they should not have been asking for (freebie plants were not the only thing asked for...ewww). I don't mind chatting here and sharing photos here, and will continue to do so (when I have the time), but from now on, my Facebook will be off-limits, for privacy reasons, and for my sanity. As soon as I am confident that my plants don't have any further issues, I will replace my favorites that were lost, and eventually, I may start trading. I don't think I'll be selling any time soon (to busy with my "real job"), but perhaps, in the future?