Hi ya Northspruce.....hee hee.....bet ya knew I would be around here evenually huh. Danios are egg layers.....actually they are egg scatterers. You will notice that the females get rather large and plump when they are full of eggs. If the danios are in a tank with something to protect the eggs from getting eaten...some may survive. How ever if your friend really wants to raise danio babies...a second tank should be set up...after the adults spawn....the adults should be removed to their original tank. The fry can be raised on micro worms, and infusoria..until they are large enough to eat newly hatch brine shrimp.....then they can be introduced to flakes and what ever else is being fed to the adults. There will not be any fry in a livebearer net.....she may drop eggs that she will eat enthusiastically....and if she doesn't eat them....they will turn white and fungus because they won't be fertilized. Guppies, mollies, swords, platies are the most common livebearers available in the trade......there are others but most are for more advanced aquarist..... I have had zebra danios, leopard danios (longfin and shortfin) and pearl danios breed under my care..... Sierra :-)

John, according to the book, "Caterpillars of Eastern North America" by David L. Wagner - "OCCURRENCE: Bottomlands, woodlands, and forests from southern Canada to Florida and Texas. One generation in New England and much of East with caterpillars from July to September, two to three generations southward with mature caterpillars from May to November............The pupae overwinters below ground. The adult rosy maple moth is beautifully rendered in yellow and pink. When handled, they feign death, lying on their side, holding the wings over the dorsum, and curling the abdomen under the thorax. After the luna moth, this may be the runner-up with regard to garnering public interest in moths." The rosy maple moth is in the same subfamily of giant silk moths as regal moths and imperial moths, both of which go underground to make their pupa. Regal and imperial moths only have one generation a year, even in the Deep South, and, of course, they're much bigger, being the two big differences. I've found the caterpillars, but I can't remember what they were feeding on, maple or oaks - they use both. I've never tried raising any myself, because you have to provide them with something to burrow in, and there's never been any shortage of them here. Sherry

In the 3 years that I had Knockout Roses growing in my garden (and my grandparents confirm they're still there!) I noticed a change in them when drought would come. Drought stresses plants out...are you giving them any supplemental water? I began to deeply water mine twice a week and that improved things. Watering for 10 minutes was very beneficial. It is pretty normal for the blooms to look less lush than they did during the winter because the heat rushes them more--the buds don't have the time to really develop so well. Mine would always go through this every June, July and August...October would bring lusher, darker blooms by the armful. At this time of the year it doesn't hurt to water at the base of the bush--not on the leaves especially at night. Go ahead and also give them a really well-balanced, granular fertilizer. I used a combination of dynamite (13-13-13) and milorganite.

This has been one of the most helpful threads on clothes that I have ever ever read. I just went through my closet yesterday, because I've been "out of action" and then away for so long, that I'd lost track of what I had. Also, we are now going from cool weather into our hot season, so I was ready to change things over. Well, I thought I was doing well yesterday when I filled a grocery bag with items I simply didn't like anymore. Now, after reading on here, I am going back in there, to pull out the two linen shirts I kept, because they are simply great shirts. I haven't worn either of them for 2 years, but they are classics, and so I thought I'd hang onto them, for that skirt that I might find that might just be perfect with them. Now I realise that there are a lot more "mights" to factor in... They might be out of date, might not fit, might just be a waste of space, might, meanwhile be useful to someone else, might be tired of hanging around for the skirt that I "might" find. They're out of here....gone! And the more posts I read on here the more things are going out. I think too, that as we get older, it's not variety we need, but what suits our shapes and lifestyles and age. When you're glowing with youth and vitality, can any clothing be a "mistake"? I have 3 slim lovely DILs in their 20s, and my son's GF is a beautiful 18 year old. They can throw on a hessian bag or a silk sheath and look stunning. They don't bulge, sag, wobble, spread or fade. I'm learning that it's no longer a matter of liking an item of clothing in the shop. It really has to like me. Sometimes I've thought it would be nice to just find something I like and know it'll look good, rather than having to search and wait to find the "just right" piece. On the other hand, when we're older, we can relax about "trends" and "fads" and get away with just a few good pieces. When I was younger, I remember avoiding stuff that made me look like my mother. Now I am my mother, and it's rather nice to go "classic" at last. I find that I now have clothes that seem to be able to go "anywhere", by just dressing them up or down. Put on black stockings and court shoes and a lace top with that simple black skirt and it's ok for a night wedding. Throw on some sandals and a T-shirt, and I can wear it to a beach party. Not quite that simple, but something like that anyway. We recently had a 92 year old lady visit us, and she looked like a queen. She was wearing the softest pale pink fluffy cashmere sweater with a classic blazer, and a floaty skirt. She looked a million dollars and I decided I wanted that look when I'm an old lady. It was comfortable, and yet so dressy. So I've already planned my old age look (LOL). But I realised when I was studying her outfit, that she could have worn it anywhere, at her age, and fitted right in. She wouldn't need anything else to wear outside the house. Thanks for all the helpful advice on here. Lily