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Thank you Kristi.
Yeah......The husband has his moments. They come and go. Wasn't exactly the string of pearls I had been eyeballing but I'm not complaining as at least he:
Remember it was my birthday;
Got me something I not only felt I wanted but I liked!
Oh and I didn't have to worry if it fit and about exchanging it and I wasn't embarrassed to say he gave it to me and I owned it.
(Now that I'm done man bashing...... )

What a bummer the plant wouldn't work in your climate or else I would have happily sent you a pup. I can see from the pic of the 3 kitties that keeping it as a house plant may not be a good idea either.

Not sure if your fur kids are anything like my dog. I have a retired racing Greyhound that treated every house plant I ever had like her own personal salad bar. Could leave my designer purse and expensive shoes out and the dog ignored them. She never chewed up the furniture or anything in the house for as long as we've had her. Show her a house plant and she goes positively ape over it and will rip it to shreds and then kindly regurgitate it on something that is usually near to impossible to clean. So no house plants for me.

I often thought it was a jealousy issue because I spent time on the plants and fussed over them but who knows what goes through little doggy brains. She ignores all the plants outside and has for years. Then again the majority of the ones outside aren't exactly approachable or user friendly. *tee-hee*

Speaking of jealousy, you have a spectacular climate to grow so many yummy Agaves and Aloes that I can't here in my climate. Most of what I like is more suited for your climate than mine! What are you raising? Have some pics for us of your favorite agaves and aloes or just your plants in general?

Faridat..............good advice! I think I'll give your suggestion a try and water them again and see what happens. Couldn't hurt as we've been so dry, dry, dry and did I say, we've been so dry here? Maybe they'll perk up. I've often though it had to do with the light but I'm often wrong. Still new to the gardening game. Let's see if others weigh in with an opinion. Glad you like my plants. Looking forward to seeing some of yours. Sounds like you are amassing quite the collection.

Liz..........How gorgeous! Just awesome. I'd want to look at that all day too. Do you have a full body shot (so to speak) of the plant? Just curious because I am unfamiliar with it and from the pic it looks like a shrub. Is it?