Because of the level of technology available to those of us who have smart phones, we can do things impossible to accomplish only a relatively few years ago.
For instance, below you see what appears to be a photo of some Hollyhocks that I snapped with my smart phone.
Or, surprise Patti and me, no you are thinking to yourself ..
"Cap only took a photo of the front of a snail mail post card that his friend Brad in Michigan sent to him !"
If you really thought that the above photo is of a post card and not an actual photo snapped out doors, you are correct.
Brad converted an actual photo that he snapped of his Hollyhocks on his farm and made some very nice post cards.
The photo on Brad's post card took me back to Irkutsk, Russian Siberia, where Patti and I home-based for the better part of nine months back in 2018 - 2019.
It just so happened that Patti, my Master Gardener, was not familiar with Hollyhocks. While in Irkutsk, I told Patti that these young plants she was looking at were about to grow and become Hollyhocks. This was news to Patti !
Hollyhocks have become a special memory we two share.
"And Captain?"
PATTI'S IRKUTSK HOLLYHOCKS
A final look at Brad's Hollyhocks.
Cap and Patti
The Rest of The Story .. Patti actually left Irkutsk well before the Hollyhocks burst into full bloom so she did not experience most of the Hollyhocks you have just seen in the above photos.
