I guess I'll remain one of the guinea pigs and continue to pick up the odd hosta here and there at my local grocery superstore. After all, thats where i found June, when she couldnt be found anywhere in this city. There IS a positive spin that comes to mind from checking hosta out at box stores. There are more ways to curb the selling of virused hosta than just by avoiding box stores. How will we hope to stop those who continue to sell them? By not buying them? I don't think that's the answer. All of us, as hosta lovers, are responsible in some way to ensure that this virus does not spread. We can't achieve this by ignoring or avoiding certain sources. All were doing is making sure we don't bring it home. But, it's still out there, waiting for the unsuspected. I would rather continue 'taking the chance' ....by doing so, I might discover another supplier who is selling diseased plants and thereby, do my bit to put a stop to it. I think that's a more effective and progressive way to help to get rid of this disease....in my humble opinion. Common sense would dictate that if I did purchase from other than a 'safe' source, I would of course keep said plant(s) in a pot and monitor it. I have followed this process since I've become aware of HVX and can state unequivocally that my box store hosta to date do not have HVX. I cannot imagine my garden without a JUNE in it. Had I been a die-hard about it, I would not have had the pleasure of June's company for the past several years. :-) Jo

I've been having this problem for about two weeks, too. It's not just an AL "thing", especially not with Glenda's posts, per se, but on other forums, too. I haven't found a way to correct it, other than to go back to the previous page and try another post. Sometimes that works, but sometimes it doesn't! It can get very frustrating! What's REALLY driving me crazy is that when I try to connect to another page, I sometimes get the message that "Internet Explorer cannot display this page."; then the Internet connection is lost. I'm starting to think that this may be caused by my Internet provider rather than something on my computer--or something that I'm doing to cause it. Any suggestions or solutions out there? (I haven't gone to the computer forum, yet, that's next, I think.)

Hi Lavender, I love your characters and the promise of this story. You've got a nice start with writing it. If you were writing in my category (young adult) you'd have a REALLY good start. Every genre has its own set of expectations. When writing for teens and young adults you'll almost always find short, snappy sentences. You'll also find a lot of new sentences that start with transition words like so, and , or but. That's what you've done at the beginning of your story. However, this isn't a novel for teens; it's a Victorian romance. Romance readers, and (I think) historical romance readers in particular, seem to like a more formal, wordier style. The words you choose and the way you structure your sentences can help establish tone and set the the story in the proper era. I played around with the first few paragraphs to give you an idea of what I'm talking about, but I'm no victorian romance writer so -- if I were you, I'd consider researching a few popular novels in the genre to get a better idea of what readers might expect: She would be coming to his classroom that afternoon. Henry Lastname set to putting things right, shelving a book here, straightening a pile of papers there as he tried to think about something, anything else. His opportunity to teach had come at the grace of a wealthy neighbor. Despite being born deaf, she’d thought him a bright child and had paid for his education. The chance to find books, to learn to communicate with others like himself, to establish a career as a teacher, it was all more than his family could have dreamed for him from their small tenant farm. Henry inspected his classroom with pride. He’d done well for himself, had gained the respect of the headmaster and the entire community. He knew he should be satisfied, but memories of the farm often crept in as he graded papers and settled petty disputes between the students in his charge. The lovely way the sun rose over the hills in the morning, the brilliant colors as it sank in the evening, and his horses -- how he longed to have his own horse again. Some days it was all he could think of … when he wasn’t thinking about the girl. The way she braided her lovely blonde hair around that pretty head of hers seemed to fill his own skull with all manner of indelicate thoughts. The yearning to run his fingers through those braids was chief among them. He reminded himself, yet again, how inappropriate this would be. Not only was Clara Lastname a student, she was also the daughter of an influential mayor of a nearby city. He was so involved in pushing away his thoughts that he jumped when he felt a soft touch on his shoulder. I hope you can get the idea from my pretty pitiful effort, lol. I don't read a lot of this genre, but I do read a lot of aspiring writers' works. You have a big head start on a lot of them. You have a nice way with dialogue and, even in this first chapter, you've already established the most important thing in romance writing -- chemistry. These two are full of it! Figuring out the voice of your story is all that's holding you back. I hope you'll accept my advice in the spirit it was intended. If I didn't think you had the ability to take this story to another level I wouldn't have bothered chiming in. Lavender Lass, you've got a good story to tell and the talent to tell it. P.S. A word about marketing if you don't mind. Just like there are genre expectations in the writing of the book, readers have expectations about the way a Victorian romance novel should look. Pretty women in beautiful dresses (and a bare chested man if you can find one) seem to be the norm. You might want to take a look at canva.com In just a few minutes I was able to put together this: To Share A Dream With You

It is a sand filter and I backwash it again last night and it still didn't help the pool water isn't green although it's not sparkling clear but Alge just started growing on the sides of the wall I have not added more Shock because there's no use adding it until the filter is performing properly so that it can circulate The pH is fine it's just the lack of circulation I believe and intense heat it's over 100° here