Another possible solution would be your friendly family dentist, beleive it or not. I worked for a dentist for many years, and the light-cured composite filling materials we used were non-toxic, very strong AND waterproof--since it all went in the mouth. Your dentist may enjoy an unusual challenge and be able to incorporate dental materials, along with the light-cured composite, to rebuild the ducklings' bill. It would not, of course, grow with her, so you'd need to eventually do it again or arrange for a true prosthetic bill. The light-cured composite IS quite expensive, but I'll bet your dentist could figure something out or have some good ideas for other things that might work. It never hurts to ask, most dentists are frustrated artists and LOVE weird things like this. :) Velvet ~:>

I guess I should provide a lil update. I tried it, it worked great as a phone. A lot of features and VERY simple to install. Sounded good to me. I returned it because I have a fax machine which I use every once in a while and also some gadget that records pgms thats needs to dial out nitely to get the latest schedules. THESE devices DID NOT work on the Magic Jack, but phone calls in and out worked excellent. I returned the device within the 30 day free trial and they acknowledged that they had received it back and there were no charges to my credit card at all. Maybe I am one of the lucky ones, maybe there are MANY lucky ones out there and we only hear about the losers? If someone needed inexpensive unlimited fone service, MagicJack may be for them, yet, I would hesitate to hesitate to suggest it because I am not sure they could /would follow the guidelines in the magic jack offer and feel they got screwed by them when in fact they actually screwed themselves. Too bad I couldnt have used it, it is definitely a money saver.

Thanks so much for advice. hcmcdole: After reading that link, it made sense. I was wondering why I would see some peoples hydrangeas around me and they never pruned them at all, just let them stay ugly during the fall/winter and they were full the next year. hokierustywilliamsbu: Thanks so much for your input! I think I'll just leave them alone. Maybe remove the dead blooms on the ones I do have when they die and thats it.

I'm going to join this bookclub when I retire. They call themselves 'Faith and Fiction', and a friend has invited me and sent me a list of the books they have read. They have been together since 2002. Here are the most recent ones on their list: January The Melody of Secrets by Jeffrey Stepakoff February Mr. Perumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan March Orhan’s Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian April The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah May The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson June The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner July The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende August Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile September The Tilted World by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann fennelly October The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks November The Professor by Robert Bailey December Dollbaby by Laura Lane McNeal 2017 January My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout February Dear Carolina by Kristy Woodson Harvey March Commonwealth by Ann Patchett April Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance May Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi June The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin July Swing Time by Zadie Smith August The Wonder by Emma Donaghue