Seems legit
/nonsarcastic/

Yes, like when I went to a meeting of a group I'd never been to and was ushered to a seat next to someone in a Stonehenge t-shirt, in Bethlehem Pennsylvania

And somewhere I have a picture of a large papier maché replica of one of the kerb stones at Newgrange that was outside a store near here.

How wonderful. I had no idea that was your photo!

Well done! I’ll be eager to see it. I have a mini-Phal that was blooming when it was given to me a few years ago but now it keeps making roots where it shouldn’t, where spikes should come out, new leaves too, but no blooms.

So you can see the second bud:

There are reasons.

I didn’t get one of those home devices you talk to. Too much a child of the early 70s when we were paranoid of being listened to. My son has a HomePod and uses it all the time though.

I wasn’t trying to prescribe what anyone else should do, just to be clear. Part of it is just my age and a reluctance to change. I respect your decision to choose something better than Spotify. : )

I just never got into streaming even though Apple is always offering me a deal on theirs. And I like the idea of the musicians getting more when I buy something.

Makes sense. I’ve had problems with ones posted in sphagnum, except one phal that’s at a window in a low humidity environment.

What a remarkable orchid. Unique and beautiful!

You and I should be in charge! haha

@orchidfever.bsky.social A closeup of Paph Balding Man (Garibaldi X Manayunk). Handsome fellow! 😍

Plenty of stones over at Avebury to break up!

Maybe we could set some stones back up so at least one lane runs through a trilithon! ;-)

I like to think I have inspired a few people to be interested in nature in some cases and in poetry in others, decades ago now for the second, and that they are passing it on and will pass it on. Not interested in my name being remembered, but that the love I had for things is somehow perpetuated.

Maybe. random samples can sometimes show patterns that aren't there and I can fall prey to that as much as anyone. The obsession for life thing though, happens more easily for some.

In that sense archaeologists can thank #Stonehenge for some of the public's interest in archaeology. There's some kind of psychology at work there that I wish could be investigated further.