Mohair throw made in Scotland. My brother Bart brought one home for my mom, 2 sisters and me when he was overseas in the Marine Corps in the late 70s. I miss him so much.

Sybil was a wee feral kitten when we brought her indoors 2 years ago. When Richard put her down on the kitchen floor, that was the last touch he got. She still will not let us touch her, but she likes to touch ME and follows me everywhere. I'm still hopeful she will eventually come around.

Thanks, hobbitmom! We had so much fun building it. It’s over 9000 pieces, four and a half feet long, and comes apart into three sections. The inside has the grand staircase, state rooms, the pool etc.. The engine room has the working controls for the propellers that really turn. Most of it can only be seen before it was put together. But I know they are there.🤠

" It has since died out" Sorry to hijack this for horticultural enquiry, but @carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10, was your problem just with this ginger specifically, and others do grow well for you? The reason I ask is that, obviously, gingers (Hedychium at least) are staples of southeastern landscaping, but a number of them come from cool summer highland subtropical climates in China/Nepal/etc. and though generally known to grow in southeastern heat and humidity...they are outliers for plants from such areas...many others from subtropical highland climates will not grow in the SE US. So I wonder about the history of that plant...did you buy it locally, or maybe get it from somewhere else in the south via mail order or whatnot? There's a ginger nursery in Hawaii but I'm pretty sure they are at elevation where at least the nights are cooler. Consider Hedychium wardii: I've seen it recommended by a guy in northern Scotland on Youtube as his best grower of the genus, so it obviously is fine with very chilly summers! It didn't seem happy for me when I ordered it from a PNW nursery, so, as one would expect, is not in commerce is the southeastern US. I'm just trying to get a sense of how many other cultivars or species might struggle with hot humid summers. Of course it's totally possible it died for some other reason(s) - I guess you can let me know! So as not to break the rules, here's a lavender-purple flower from my garden. Rothschild's lepidote Rhododendron 'Eleanore' with Frank Furman's "hardy big leaf" 'Sky King' in the BG. Btw - what a crazy looking Clerodendron! Thanks for sharing that lisa_fla.