Hi Patty, I didn't mean to sound like a disagree with you. Just that by fact in my experience I have never gotten plants like that. Just because I never had doesn't mean you have not had a bad experience and if you have that really stinks. I will tell you that their customer service could use much improvement because they are not good about getting back to me either when needed. But thank God my plants have always been ok. I order with them because of rare plants as Jan said. I wish you all the luck if you decide to keep going to them. It must of been a huge bummer and cost. Sorry to hear of it. They should of reimbursed you.. Jane, so glad yo are ok...I was worried about you. I have a couple of friends down there and lost a couple to that dreaded flu and it worries me about others know there including you. I have been working hard to keep my Mom safe and my Dad in the nursing home had to have the national guard come in. It will be a threat until something good happens. yes, thank God for our plants and plenty to do in the yard. I just started to work out but they only allow a limited few with masks and sanitize everything behind us than god. You have always been such a blessing here and even when you were picked on you stuck around here for the love of helping others. My hats off to you. You are very special and I have learned lots from you. Always thinking of you. The zoom is good but you are right, I so miss the shows and the close contact with friends. I have not been able to hug my mom since August(( Prayers that you stay strong and healthy through this time. Mike

I am NOT expecting trouble, and most years we have a lot of little warning fires before big ones break out. This year has been blessedly quiet since the rain began falling at the end of April. We haven't had a freeze, so we still have oodles of green here. I might feel differently if all the grasses and trees were dormant and their foliage was dry and crunchy. : ) Having said that, it surprises me to see the use of the word 'high' in the fire weather forecast at all, but then some parts of Oklahoma have been much drier than us--most notably western OK, and have had a freeze, so they might have more to worry about. Oh, and I should clarify, that 'high' sounds worse than it is. 'High' is only one step up from 'moderate', I think. Higher on the scale than high would be 'Very High', 'Extreme', 'Critical' and 'Extremely Critical'. As a firefighter's wife and mom, I generally don't get too worried until it hits 'Extreme'. Barb, The wind isn't bad here yet--maybe 12 to 15 mph, but the temp is in the upper 70s. I looked at the Mesonet and it is stronger where y'all are than where I am. Sometimes, being in a low-lying river valley helps keep the wind down, though not always. Our forecast looks excellent through at least Tuesday, and that is the local forecast I'm looking at. If I go to Accu-weather, the forecast starts looking dicey around Friday the 13th. If we have a freeze or a light frost around then, that would be pretty much on schedule and expected--though not necessarily welcome. Beth, All those peppers are calling my name, and I think I will put them out of their misery today. Once they are dehydrated or frozen, they can't bother me any more. LOL I am not really worried. I have been cutting grass and it still has a lot of moisture in it. It is just that after months and months of not having to look at the fire weather forecasts, the OKFire page, or the Keetch-Byram Drought Index page, I'd practically forgotten such things existed. We have had more bad fire years than good ones lately, but I am so hoping for a good one this year. Dawn

122) Chiggers love the sweet perfume of OFF! Wear it well at clothing openings and about the ankle. (Deer ticks are optional here but plentiful.)

The wide angle lens throw the tiles askew. The near left sided tiles appear rectangular while the right side floor tiles seem to be square. Someone mentioned a morgue. My first thought was a butcher shop. I presume they thought the tiled walls would serve as a stone walled feature, and maybe in real life it doesn't look bad. We rented a Cotswold stone house last year. They plastered over some of the interior walls with the original stone as accents. Much to my surprise they installed a Miele kitchen, including Miele appliances and blue Miele cabinets. It was quite charming, but not in any way high gloss or reflective.