#hoyas — Public Fediverse posts

Hornets’ executive selected to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award – WSOC TV https://www.rawchili.com/nba/644360/ #Baltimore #Basketball #channel_nine #Charlotte #CharlotteHornets #CharlotteHornets #donna_julian #gina_esposito #Hornets #hoyas #julian #Local #NBA #nba_all_star_game #News #nine #spectrum_arena #spectrum_center #Video #Wsoc_tvCom

Mark Few earns milestone 750th win as No. 11 Gonzaga routs North Florida 109-58 https://www.rawchili.com/nba/460551/ #AdenHolloway #Basketball #BradenHuff #bulldogs #CalebWilson #ChristianAnderson #CollegeBasketball #ConsecutivePoints #CrimsonTide #DarrynPeterson #FloryBidunga #Gonzaga #GrahamIke #hoyas #JalilBethea #JarinStevenson #kentucky #KJLewis #LSU #LukaBogavac #MalikMack #MarkFew #ncaa #NCAABasketball #ncaab #NorthFlorida #TarHeels #Texas #TheCrimsonTide #TreWhite

Oh, look! With all the shit going on in the world, our propagated Hoya decided to bloom anyway!

#bloomscrolling #flowers #hoyas

Oh, look! With all the shit going on in the world, our propagated Hoya decided to bloom anyway!

#bloomscrolling #flowers #hoyas

My "Krinkle 8" Hoya plant in my office is blooming again. Because hoyas are pollinated by nocturnal moths, they tend to give off a powerful scent at night rather than by day. In the evening, my office fills with the scent of chocolate covered cherries, which (to my nose anyway) is exactly what the Krinkle8's blooms smell like.
Delightful! 🍫🍒
#hoyas #houseplants #gardening

My "Krinkle 8" Hoya plant in my office is blooming again. Because hoyas are pollinated by nocturnal moths, they tend to give off a powerful scent at night rather than by day. In the evening, my office fills with the scent of chocolate covered cherries, which (to my nose anyway) is exactly what the Krinkle8's blooms smell like.
Delightful! 🍫🍒
#hoyas #houseplants #gardening

@heatherlynn8571 Dad cheered for Georgetown for NCAA college basketball 🏀 they won my Senior year. Everyone just poured out onto the streets at school when we won the Finals. Player my year named #patrickewing. #hoyas

@heatherlynn8571 Dad cheered for Georgetown for NCAA college basketball 🏀 they won my Senior year. Everyone just poured out onto the streets at school when we won the Finals. Player my year named #patrickewing. #hoyas

Hoya Saxa!

Georgetown basketball is off to its best Big East start in many years; thanks to the buyer of a T shirt!

https://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=f206bd605878139c07cb9fc62e84f318

#BuyIntoArt #Georgetown #HoyaSaxa #WeAreGeorgetown #BIGEAST #basketball #NCAAMBB #Hoyas

Hoya Saxa!

Georgetown basketball is off to its best Big East start in many years; thanks to the buyer of a T shirt!

https://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=f206bd605878139c07cb9fc62e84f318

#BuyIntoArt #Georgetown #HoyaSaxa #WeAreGeorgetown #BIGEAST #basketball #NCAAMBB #Hoyas

Thanks to the GEORGETOWN fan who bought a Hoya Saxa beach towel!

Hoya Saxa comes from Ancient Greek and Latin and literally means What Rocks

https://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=27fb4f0079839c0cd828e6238f573c4b

#BuyIntoArt #Georgetown #Hoyas #HoyaSaxa #GeorgetownClassof2024 #GeorgetownClassof2028 #GraduationGifts

Thanks to the GEORGETOWN fan who bought a Hoya Saxa beach towel!

Hoya Saxa comes from Ancient Greek and Latin and literally means What Rocks

https://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=27fb4f0079839c0cd828e6238f573c4b

#BuyIntoArt #Georgetown #Hoyas #HoyaSaxa #GeorgetownClassof2024 #GeorgetownClassof2028 #GraduationGifts

The Capitals and the Wizards may not win another championship anytime soon, but they will continue playing their home games where they should: in the downtown arena they’ve called home since 1997 as first the MCI Center, then the Verizon Center, followed by the resulting nickname of the Phone Booth, and now Capital One Arena.

That’s the best possible resolution of an interlude in which Monumental Sports and Entertainment had committed to relocating both teams to a new arena to be built in Alexandria’s Potomac Yard neighborhood. The Dec. 13 news of that move seemed driven from the start not by fundamental flaws with the teams’ Gallery Place venue, placed atop three Metro lines, but by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R.) wanting to secure a political legacy.

Having failed to capitalize on his election in 2021 with durable policy achievements–and having just seen Republicans lose a narrow majority in the state senate and return the General Assembly to Democratic control–Youngkin jumped at the chance to invite Monumental owner Ted Leonsis to bring the Caps and the Wizards across the Potomac.

Leonsis saw the chance to stop worrying about crime and noise outside Capital One Arena and build a sports and entertainment district from scratch with the help of $1.35 billion in subsidies, so of course he accepted that handshake deal.

Alexandrians I know were not nearly as enthusiastic about the prospect of a 20,000-seat venue being plunked down in their midst and what that might mean for traffic and Metro. Democratic leaders in Richmond, meanwhile, revealed themselves comparably skeptical of a financing plan that advertised no downside for Virginia taxpayers but which banked on assumptions that included moving Georgetown basketball games and dozens of concerts to the new arena and having people pay as much as $75 for parking and $731 a night for nearby luxury hotel rooms to generate the taxes to cover those subsidies.

Weeks of Youngkin treating the General Assembly as if it were a lower-level occupant on the org chart at the Carlyle Group, the private-equity firm that made him exceptionally rich, did not advance his arena ambitions. And now with Monumental signing a “strategic partnership” Wednesday with the District to upgrade Capital One Arena and its surroundings–backed by $515 million in public funds–they’re officially defunct.

Which is good, because I didn’t like the thought of redoing the experiment of having our NBA and NHL franchises playing outside of the city center. The Alexandria arena would have at least been next to a Metro stop and next to a walkable neighborhood, unlike the Capital Centre in Landover that introduced me to Georgetown hoops without ever earning any nostalgia from me. But when it had been such an unambiguously good idea to move the D.C. area’s biggest arena to the heart of the District–and when so many other places have seen good things happen when they moved their arenas to their city centers–why would you want to go back on that even a little bit?

https://robpegoraro.com/2024/03/29/city-sized-arenas-belong-in-city-centers/

#CapOneArena #CapitalCentre #CapitalOneArena #Caps #GalleryPlace #Hoyas #Landover #MCICenter #NationalLanding #NHL #PhoneBooth #PotomacYard #USAirArena #VerizonCenter #Wizards

The Capitals and the Wizards may not win another championship anytime soon, but they will continue playing their home games where they should: in the downtown arena they’ve called home since 1997 as first the MCI Center, then the Verizon Center, followed by the resulting nickname of the Phone Booth, and now Capital One Arena.

That’s the best possible resolution of an interlude in which Monumental Sports and Entertainment had committed to relocating both teams to a new arena to be built in Alexandria’s Potomac Yard neighborhood. The Dec. 13 news of that move seemed driven from the start not by fundamental flaws with the teams’ Gallery Place venue, placed atop three Metro lines, but by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R.) wanting to secure a political legacy.

Having failed to capitalize on his election in 2021 with durable policy achievements–and having just seen Republicans lose a narrow majority in the state senate and return the General Assembly to Democratic control–Youngkin jumped at the chance to invite Monumental owner Ted Leonsis to bring the Caps and the Wizards across the Potomac.

Leonsis saw the chance to stop worrying about crime and noise outside Capital One Arena and build a sports and entertainment district from scratch with the help of $1.35 billion in subsidies, so of course he accepted that handshake deal.

Alexandrians I know were not nearly as enthusiastic about the prospect of a 20,000-seat venue being plunked down in their midst and what that might mean for traffic and Metro. Democratic leaders in Richmond, meanwhile, revealed themselves comparably skeptical of a financing plan that advertised no downside for Virginia taxpayers but which banked on assumptions that included moving Georgetown basketball games and dozens of concerts to the new arena and having people pay as much as $75 for parking and $731 a night for nearby luxury hotel rooms to generate the taxes to cover those subsidies.

Weeks of Youngkin treating the General Assembly as if it were a lower-level occupant on the org chart at the Carlyle Group, the private-equity firm that made him exceptionally rich, did not advance his arena ambitions. And now with Monumental signing a “strategic partnership” Wednesday with the District to upgrade Capital One Arena and its surroundings–backed by $515 million in public funds–they’re officially defunct.

Which is good, because I didn’t like the thought of redoing the experiment of having our NBA and NHL franchises playing outside of the city center. The Alexandria arena would have at least been next to a Metro stop and next to a walkable neighborhood, unlike the Capital Centre in Landover that introduced me to Georgetown hoops without ever earning any nostalgia from me. But when it had been such an unambiguously good idea to move the D.C. area’s biggest arena to the heart of the District–and when so many other places have seen good things happen when they moved their arenas to their city centers–why would you want to go back on that even a little bit?

https://robpegoraro.com/2024/03/29/city-sized-arenas-belong-in-city-centers/

#CapOneArena #CapitalCentre #CapitalOneArena #Caps #GalleryPlace #Hoyas #Landover #MCICenter #NationalLanding #NHL #PhoneBooth #PotomacYard #USAirArena #VerizonCenter #Wizards

This is now official: Jacob Murrell signs three-year contract with an option in 2027. #dcu #mls #hoyas

Jacob Murrell to sign with D.C. United, departing Georgetown early. Details:

#dcu #mls #hoyas https://washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/01…

Jacob Murrell foregoing his last two years of eligibility at Georgetown to sign with D.C. United, per source. #dcu #mls #hoyas

My #Hoya cinnamomifolia is blooming! This is one of my oldest #hoyas and it rarely #flowers for me. I don't think it is a difficult #plant, I just think I'm neglectful.

@[email protected] #plants #houseplant #flower #bloom #blooms #florespondence #houseplants #ILikePlantsMoreThanPeople

My #Hoya cinnamomifolia is blooming! This is one of my oldest #hoyas and it rarely #flowers for me. I don't think it is a difficult #plant, I just think I'm neglectful.

@[email protected] #plants #houseplant #flower #bloom #blooms #florespondence #houseplants #ILikePlantsMoreThanPeople

Georgetown men’s team announces it will open the season on the West Coast: Santa Clara Aug. 24 and Stanford Aug. 27. Home opener Sept 1 vs Pitt. #hoyas

We have a lot of college fight songs and are adding to them all the time, but this is one of my favorites. Maybe because I live right near the gates to Georgetown, or maybe because I love the old saying:

What the hell's a Hoya?
(Answer:) Your future employa!

Plus all the seniors were moving out today after graduation this weekend...

https://pixels.com/featured/georgetown-hoya-saxa-college-mascot-designs.html

#BuyIntoArt #Georgetown #HoyaSaxa #Hoyas #Gtown #College #CollegeFightSongs

We have a lot of college fight songs and are adding to them all the time, but this is one of my favorites. Maybe because I live right near the gates to Georgetown, or maybe because I love the old saying:

What the hell's a Hoya?
(Answer:) Your future employa!

Plus all the seniors were moving out today after graduation this weekend...

https://pixels.com/featured/georgetown-hoya-saxa-college-mascot-designs.html

#BuyIntoArt #Georgetown #HoyaSaxa #Hoyas #Gtown #College #CollegeFightSongs

A closeup of a bloom of my Hoya wayetii plant, showing the hanging droplets of nectar at peak time. At night it exudes the powerful scent I'd describe as apple cider vinegar mixed with caramel. Hoyas are pollinated by moths, so they tend to emit their fragrance at night. Each bloom umbel measures about 1.5 inches across and lasts for several days.
#hoyas #HousePlants #gardening

Here is my petite Hoya lacunosa in bloom right now. They say it smells of jasmine, it's a sweet fragrance. The smell becomes strong enough to fill my office in the nighttime. Hoyas tend to put our their smell to attract the nocturnal moths that pollinate them.
I must be honest, this bloom's fragrance does not appeal to me. I find it too cloyingly 'perfume-y' sweet. But the dainty blooms are pretty, the flat umbels altogether are not much bigger around than a US quarter.
#hoya #houseplant #hoyas

My upstairs office is filled with the scent of chocolate covered cherries... my Hoya carnosa "Krinkle 8" is blooming again, and its fragrance is delicious! More intense in the evenings, because hoya blooms are pollinated by nocturnal moths.

I potted this krinkle8 from two cuttings about 18 months ago. It has grown. Each thick green leaf has two rows of dimples, often 8 of them hence the common name. Those pompom blooms! 🙌
#houseplants #hoyas #FloweringPlants #Krinkle8 #hoya #IndoorGardening

My upstairs office is filled with the scent of chocolate covered cherries... my Hoya carnosa "Krinkle 8" is blooming again, and its fragrance is delicious! More intense in the evenings, because hoya blooms are pollinated by nocturnal moths.

I potted this krinkle8 from two cuttings about 18 months ago. It has grown. Each thick green leaf has two rows of dimples, often 8 of them hence the common name. Those pompom blooms! 🙌
#houseplants #hoyas #FloweringPlants #Krinkle8 #hoya #IndoorGardening

When I got this it was a two leaf cutting. It's grown so much :blobcathearts:

#HousePlant #Hoyas #PlantsMom

Oh, hey, look who I discovered secretly flowering!

#Hoya retusa

#Plant #Plants #PlantPorn #PlantsOfTheFediverse #Flower #Flowers #Hoyas #Florespondence #ILikePlantsMoreThanPeople

Woah. I just watched Summer Rayne Oakes' video about her visit to see the 400 #Hoyas in the collection of Torill Nyhuus in Stockholm. That's a lot of Hoyas! I currently possess 4 (#Hoya imbricata, H. cinnamomifolia, H. phuwuaensis, & H. carnosa), I recently ordered one (H. darwinii), and I'm still looking for one (H. mitrata).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f_KIujYS0A