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Personal note:
In addition to loving succulent plants, I am particularly passionate about furry species, which resemble stuffed animals. This is the case of Echeveria pulvinata, which also draws a lot of attention due to its unique color, with leaves showing a pastel color, bluish green, with reddish ends. Although it can be grown inside houses and apartments, Echeveria pulvinata reveals its full potential when kept in full sun, outdoors or on sunny balconies.
This succulent echeveria pulvinata / Echeveria 'Pulv-oliver' is also called the Plush Plant in Brazil.
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A selected form of a naturally occurring Echeveria species from Oaxaca, Mexico.
It is also known as a Chenille Plant, Ruby Blush, Ruby Slippers, or Red Velvet because it has a crimson, velvety coating to protect it from the intense sun of its rocky habitats.
'Ruby' is a sun-loving plant and needs protection from hard frosts, but a little bit of environmental stress like direct sun and temperatures just above freezing bring out the brightest reds along leaf margins.
It is wonderfully low-maintenance whether growing in-ground or in a pot, so long as it has great drainage and gets plenty of sunshine.
When grown under the correct light levels, Echeveria pulvinata will produce beautiful blooms during the winter months in the form of delicate stems with bell-shaped flowers at the ends, showing mixed shades of yellow and orange.
The rosettes will stay fairly small but the fuzzy stems beneath them will continue to branch and grow up to 10" long. Fortunately, 'Ruby' propagates easily from leaf and stem cuttings, so you can keep the plant compact by cutting the stem just below a rosette, leaving to dry 3-5 days, then planting the rosette on moist, well-draining soil to re-grow roots.
Hold your horses, Dorothy...paws off those ruby slippers!
Missy Biscuit does love a nice pair of shoes. She knows they're a girl's best friend, along with diamonds, sapphires and...well, rubies. Oh, and let's not forget chocolate.
existence. Authentication, not enlargement or interpretation is what we want :-)
Wright Morris
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hydrangea, 'Ruby Slippers' j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Everybody can look, but they don't necessarily see. I never calculate or consider; I see a situation and I know that it's right, even if I have to go back to get the proper lighting :-)
Andre Kertesz
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oakleaf hydrangea, 'Ruby Slippers', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
"...there's the house and here you are, so what the Munchkins want to know is, are you a good witch or a bad witch?"
In case you didn't guess: "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
Starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton.
Introduced, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
The story of 4 people searching for things they didn't realize they already had.
(skip the ad!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFMKydXLcWE
and note: Many people who have watched this film numerous times cannot remember Dorothy's last name.
In this short clip, it is revealed:
1939 was one of the greatest years for Hollywood movies.
Gone With the Wind (Oscar Winner)
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights
Of Mice And Men
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Drums Along the Mohawk
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Stagecoach
Dark Victory
Smile on Saturday... you learn a lot!
"Portray a Movie"
it's not spot on, but time is a bit limited and the shoes are lili's old ones so are about 3 sizes too small.
this is proberbly about as close as i'm gonna get to 'over the rainbow' but guess what? this side of the rainbow aint half bad :-)
Have a great weekend everyone!
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under your feet - ODC2
The Teleidoscope 17. standing still
... and always follow your heart's desire
This piece is for a charity auction at work
~~ update: my sparkly red shoe made £25 thanks to the lovely Laila :-)
And remember, never let those ruby slippers off your feet for a moment, or you will be at the mercy of the Wicked Witch of the West.
So I am at work today talking to the coworker that totally gets that I like my dolls (the same one that is making Gracie the face of the Green Team) and I look down and see the hat and head of one of those tiny Wizard of Oz dolls McD's had a while back...I look in the cube next to him and see the little feet. ROFL!! He put it there for the girl in that cube to find when she comes back from vacation. Some days I don't hate work so much.
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and toto, too.
taken at oz park last sunday before a family photo shoot. it was almost 70 degrees and amazing outside.
This was the second mug rug I sent to my partner. She had a very specific "if you could work in OZ or the ruby slippers, that'd be cool" request. So I did what I could. At the beginning of each day, you get to smash the witch with your mug & send Dorothy on her journey. good times.
Vines seem twisted and confused as they step into new territory. Perhaps for that they select red feet.