...wow after all that picture taking and experimenting, I am so tired; I have been up since very early and it is now 01:45 at night. I have not had much success with getting quite the right shots/flash settings that I wanted, but here is one I took that I am happy with to show you the quality! I might get some sleep and make daylight hurry up! Then continue to get acquainted with my camera! Very happy with it! Might sleep with it in my pocket, like an excited child at Christmas :rofl:
Goodnight all, I will be up bright and early to take more pictures and of my Semps for you!
I am going to sleep well with all this excitement today!

My NOID Cactus..

Ok, Pia, if you wanted to wake some of us that are too stuffed from dinner and ready to snooze it out in front of the telly, you did it with the green on black on red on RED...

I've got to say that your new camera captures RED beautifully

What a wonderful camera.
Just look at all that color and clarity. And to think, you don't even know how to work everything yet.
See you in the morning Pia, sweet dreams.

sorry if I blinded you!

It is really pretty!! It does take the colors well! Sleep and then semps!

Nice picture, love the red. So fun to get a great camera. I can hardly wait, is in morning yet in the UK.

Lynn, I bet you could grow heuchera in your semp bed, some will take more sun than you think. I have Vivid in full sun, gets shade about 5:00. They love good drainage just like the semps. I could fix up up with a few plants!

Spring - that's a nice offer...get Lynn interested in more than just semps and sedums Kidding!

valleylynn said: Oh Julia, I am having plant shopping envy. Where did you get them?
And which hellebore did get? Wow, 40% off. Sighhhhh
And 50% off heuchera. Which of those did you get?
My favorite right now is H. 'Canyon Duet'. I stays in very low mounds of tiny leaves and amazing cloud of blooms.

• Coral Bells (Heuchera 'Canyon Duet')
• Uploaded by valleylynn

Wish these could grow in the same conditions as the semps. They would be so pretty in the semp beds.

And your Fredegar is part of the 'Lord of the Rings' Series of semps. Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Fredegar')

I did order online from SMG today. My first order of semps for the year. I managed to order ones that weren't in the database yet.

Yep got to help out!

Oh Julia, you little temptress. I never thought about trying a tiny variety of heuchera in the semp beds. Hmmm, don't know if my Canyon Duet could handle all day sun? What other ones would you suggest? They would have to be the smaller types.
I do believe I am feeling a new interest coming on. Sun heuchera?

And Greg you quite egging her on.

[...back again, with pictures to follow of what I believe to be a small pest trying to take a bite out of some of my babies, nooo! Let me know what you think.]

My Bronco...


My Dyke...


My Bronze Pastel...


My Calcareum...


My Fuego with mystery dust on leaf. The little Fuego looks like something has tried to eat it. ..



My NOID <3


My Jungle Fires...


My Pacific Purple Shadows...


My little Arachnoideum...


My Oditty..


My curious little neighbour watching me tend to my plants!

He looks like he is saying 'Get that thing out of my face.'.

Seriously Pia, that camera is taking absolutely beautiful photos. I have to keep going back to look at them again.
Your small Fuego looks like it might just have some damage in handling while planting? Or?
I see no sign on any of the others of nibbling.

Just keep an eye on them, with the camera.

WOW, those are wonderful.

Thanks, I wish I had woken up earlier now and gone out for a walk. have my best friend over for 2 weeks on thursday, so hopefully we will get out much more and I can get some good snaps for you

Very nice!

Oh my goodness, we have something to look forward to. And we get to share Pia friend.

Jayy will be happy to get involved in our shananigans! :D

We promis to be on our very best behavior.
Well, we will at least try to be on our best behavior.

You, Lynn are the best behaved of them all...it's the other ones I'm worried about