It might help to know that what appears to be vibrant Media is actually "gardenweb.us.intellitxt.com" - so if you're going to block something - block that. If you can block an entire domain, use "*.us.intellitxt.com" or "*.intellitxt.com" and never seen green underlines again. As a tip that should work for apple users, you can influence the behavior of some sites even without ad blockers. If one were to add an entry for ip address 127.0.0.1 and the server name gardenweb.us.intellitxt.com, your computer would look for a script file for vibrant media on itself and, shockingly, not be able to find it. Bye bye green underlines. There is an article linked below. Here is a link that might be useful: Support article for os x users

What cheery greetings, thank you, Karin! Your peonies are so far ahead as mine are still in tight bud form. If that's a Maxima I think I have one! Also pink, a red double whose flower head is so packed it's amazing the stalks don't snap in half. My goodness, weather-wise you seem to have had it all already - let's hope the rest of the growing season is a bit more tame at your end. I don't want to jinx it but it seems that the long delay of any growth here, especially the emergence of hostas, may have been a good thing.... so far. I don't recall any frosts this month at all! Michelle, good that you contacted Vanessa :-)! I wouldn't be surprised if a good number of her beautiful hostas came from Crooked Creek. I don't think it's far from her place. A long list of new hostas you say? Can't wait to see what you ordered! I picked up two minis so far - couldn't resist at $20 per! I've always paid more than that around here. Happy gardening! MadPlanter, 5 acres!!! lucky you - what prime real estate for the largest hostas you can get your hands on because you will never have to move them! You must have a glorious view all around. I don't recall a frost since pips started poking through this month but only less than a handful have a bit of tearing along a margin here and there...or a small hole, one that doesn't look like a chew mark but rather a debris puncture. So far so good....touch wood, lol. Threedogsmom, GG and SM are really easy goers here and get better and better looking each year if that's possible. Not fussy and seem to enjoy the extra sunshine they receive without any ill effect. I'd recommend them anytime! Thank you for all the kind comments. I know how much I enjoy looking at all your pictures - it pleases me to no end to know you enjoyed some of mine. And it encourages me to take better pictures. :-)

@popmama (Colorado, USDA z5) My new little hoyas are here. My Macgillivrayi is a wee two-leafer (maybe should have held out for one from Denise!). BUT, it is healthy, and the travel was not far, so the plant does not appear to be at all stressed. And since it was a birthday gift, my partner splurged and also got me a sp. Pahang, which is an adorable little vine with some new growth. Thanks, again, for all the suggestions to help me find just what I wanted for my modest collection. I am cutting myself off now for a while. :D

Rusty, have you cleared your cache recently? If you haven't, when you try to access the link I provided, you may indeed get an error message. Try clearing your cache and give it a try. When you visit a website, it stores information, such as the location you visited, or old forms. Here's a website that shows different browsers. You can select the one you use and see how to clear your cache. https://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/