A number of times at the gathering at the funeral home on the eve prior to a funeral, I've heard people say, "It seems to me that about the only times that our family gets together is for a wedding or a funeral, and that's a shame". I've told a number of them that our family (Dad's side), that immigrated 163 years ago, has held a family reunion for over 100 years, with usually about 110 attending on a Saturday in June. There's a potluck picnic "lunch", if you can call it that, for there's a great variety of food (and enough to feed about twice that number). We had over 400 come to the 100th anniversay, just over 10 years ago: what a celebration that was, that went on for two days! I'd recommend something like that for other families. Some have said that they thought that to be a good idea ... that they just might get something like that going. Mom's family started such a project about 1980 and meet every three years. Two summers ago we met at my retired brother's farm in Saskatchewan, and something around 75 spent a weekend there, with trailers, mobile homes, etc. Sister in law and a cousin arranged a tote bag, with a picture of a prairie village, including grain elevators, stitched to one side. One cousin has put together a family tree, including pictures of about 80% of the people, I think - it covered about half of one wall of brother's garage. I haven't written anything, but son has sat me down a couple of times to make a short recording of a couple of audio snapshots of my past. Such memories will probably be of less value in our situation than for many, as I have no grandkids - I'm getting near the end of the line, of our branch of the family tree, it seems. Dad's family printed a history, including family tree, on the hundredth anniversary of our immigration, and when I was president about 40 years ago, I plotted it all out on one sheet of paper. I thought that it had disappeared, but someone brought it to a picnic a few years back and there has been some effort made to update it. They did another history, including family tree, for the hundredth reunion a few years ago. When I saw the title of this thread, I thought, "Oh! Oh! ... What kind of mischief have I been up to, this time?". Some of you may recall one of my sayings around here - smile at half of the people that you meet on the street, etc. ... ... they'll wonder what you've been up to". I hope that you all have a great weekend. Drat! My computer's non-operational ... again. ole joyful

Thank you David. I very much appreciate the followup. As you probably guessed I have not found any yet. I did purchase a Perfecto Mundo pink azalea last fall but can't really evaluate that yet. I actually thought it was dead this spring but it has very slowly come back to life and is still leafing out. No blooms. And it was a small mail-order baby to begin with so it's still small. I should definitely check with Broken Arrow. I used to make at least one if not two yearly trips there but the last few years life has gotten in the way of my gardening lol. But they have actually gotten plants in from other nurseries for me so they may be worth a shot. It just seems like anything I look at, while it may have the size and shape I'd like, there's nothing that has those huge gorgeous blooms. Years into growing my Nibletts my breath was taken away every single spring when they bloomed. I never stopped being amazed by those blooms. I guess my other option is to give up on the pink or white and go with Hilda. I don't necessarily dislike the color, just like the pink or white better - it fits better with my garden scheme. Thanks! :) Dee

Is she another one of the missing?

FB Groups eclipsed forums like JB, and most pros are in those Groups, like Tile the World. That has become the biggest, the fastest, because it's public, and accepts homeowners and pros. The pro only ones are shrinking, with fewer posts all the time.