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Peace & ponyshoes

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When I glanced at this Leonotis yesterday, it looked like it was saying "Peace".  I just searched 10 minutes for this photo, and I don't think my big ponyshoes story is going to be as good as I thought.  I moved this Aloe in March (probably ferox hybrid) from the slope to next to the pool full sun area.  It was reaching for the light so strongly, I felt bad for it.  After a month of no effort, and NO thank-you's for all the spring sunshine  - I jumped in to help the plant "open up". I put these tiny horseshoes -ponyshoes on some of the leaves.  I imagined this to be a dramatic reveal of my efforts, but it didn't really pan out that way.  I promise you the shoes worked! I have had to tune out the news, especially recently.  I checked in for a minute yesterday, and thought "wait, when is his term over".  It took me a second, then I realized - it's still the first year.  Ay yi yi.  Our town has a lovely tradition, a little flag is plac...