I enjoyed them all, especially Temptation Eyes. I too have a pond and really enjoyed your last picture. Great texture and contrast on your pond plants. Thanks for sharing. Ann

Thanks everyone for such nice comments. DTS is one of my very favorites. About the cats.....they are mixed I think. I found them and their momma last year in a tree stump in the woods. I guess someone had set her out close by when she was expecting. They were just a few days old. The mom was black with white patches on her....her white markings on her nose were exactly like Mazie's. I found a home for her and the other kitten which was solid black. I had to keep these two sisters because they would stick together all the time and I didn't want them to be separated. So far they have been doing a great job at hunting. I had another present this morning. But no, I do NOT like stepping on those things. lol They look too much like mice to me and I'm terrified of those. At least they haven't found a snake I guess... I assume they have siamese or himalayan in them because they both have bright blue eyes.

Ngraham - Columbus was bathing when he noticed I was taking his photo. That little tongue was poised for a cleanup. Rita - The gypsy cats have vanished again. It looks like dogs tried to get them. Things on every side of the barn were overturned - pots, a hoe, a trellis, a small garden statue. I thought at least the mama cat might come back to be fed today, but there's no sign of them. Debra

KAY: Yes it is so good to still have a bloom here and there to injoy.I hate to see the season be over..And I fussed at myself this morning for breaking my scape.It was a huge beautiful bloom,and I have no idea why it just popped off like it did.Its a really thick scape,too,and I barely moved it.Gosh,still makes me sick. RITA: I hope my buds will go ahead and open in my vase.There is only one more with some size to it,that would have opened in a couple days,and the other buds are still pretty small.The scapes are huge,thick,,don't seem like it should have just popped into, to me.but it did :((( I had forgot to add the names of them,as you suggested until I was on the preview and thought about it,so went back and put that in. JAN: Thank you,I still have another scape growing on it with some small buds, but it made me sick when this bloom was so huge and almost perfect bloom..Jan, after your seeds germinate and you have a tiny little plant, what kind of soil do you use to transplant them in to grow out awhile.Hopefully,I will do everything right and have some pretty babies. JULIA: Thank you for that information.I have never seen a way to resize them on Image Shack.I had read some where on it a few years ago that the photos are automatically sized when you upload them.Apparently,they are not,as some of mine swollowed up the whole screen.I did reset the camera to make smaller photos,so it won't matter about Image Shack,I don't think anyway.But I will try to find what you said look for.Thanks. JULIE: in WIS. Thank you,I won't be trying to pull one over a tad so I can see it better again. JULIE in Pac NW:Thanks.The scape was so tall,I cut about 5 inches off it when I plopped it into my vase.I noticed after I cut some off it,where it had broke at, the scape had a big brown spot on it, like it had a bad spot in it.I will change the water every day.I put a little sugar in the water, too,,thought that would help it to stay alive and grow. I do that with roses when I bring some in. HERO WORSHIP is a very pretty one.I am sure its a beauty with out them ugly splotches on it.I am hoping my wrist will stop hurting so much so this fall I can get these DL's planted in the ground,and some fertilizer around them.I think next spring it will make a big difference in them.Sorry your little puppy broke a scape.What kind of puppy do you have ? Thank you all for the nice comments. Jean