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TOPAZ IT IS NOT JUST YOU

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Seriously, she has grown into such a handsome big girl. She has the most lovely, expressive face. And sometimes she is still such a butt. :DDDDD

Hibiscus can be all kinds of different colors! The other one we have is orange; I just moved it today to get more sun, because not only are they total water hogs, they also crave sunlight. Honestly, I don't know if I would buy them again because they are so touchy -- water, Epsom salts, have to be in exactly the right space. But. Oh my god the flowers are so beautiful.

I had not even known there was such a thing as a pie bird until ... maybe a few years ago. Nobody I ever knew used them. Mister Nightdog_barks' mom used to roll up a little funnel of aluminum foil to vent her fruit pies, but she never used a pie bird. I just fell in love when I saw some online, and really, they're not terribly expensive as collectibles. The ones I liked ranged in price from about $10 to $40, with some outliers that were apparently super-rare (I saw one that a merchant wanted over $700 for, holy shit).