Have a great Birthday BB. Thanks for sharing that. In 2 weeks we will celebrate our 48th anniversary!!Jlily

BD isn't a problem great filtration. Air line may be creating more suction at the dome at least I hope it is as an aerated drain is supposed to work better. Fish have only been in the pond two days and may have been exploring--they seem to be steering clear of the drain. Are spawning already. I don't have a drain on my SC as no where to drain it. When the water warms up a bit more I'll put the hip waders on and check the level of the drain maybe tie a rock or something to the pipe. Thanks for the suggestions. Once they are in the SC they have no where to go as have a screen type filter on the discharge when its running. Hope my pump arrives soon! Currently using my old Little Giant submersible with a 1 1/2" discharge over the edge of the sc and back into the pond. Has created a mini waterfall which the fish love.

I believe B is some kind of Dianthus. The pictures are very difficult to view to get any sense of scale or which way is up. Gingerblue did well to ID what she did. In the future, please use daylight rather than a flash, and make sure the subject is in focus.

First off, don't worry if SM or her family was laughing... if they were, they laugh at bad parenting? That makes her a bad parent for thinking it is okay. As much as I dislike my SD's BM, I would never encourage or allow SD to talk to her like that, nor would I enjoy hearing it. I certainly would not have much respect for my DH if he told her to talk to her mom like that. Why is he changing venue? Is there a hearing on other issues? It seems pointless to move a case for no reason. The reason to move a case if for convenience because the old venue is too far & in your case, neither of you live there but if there are no hearings scheduled, it would be silly to waste the court's time with it. If he is planning to file for a hearing at the time he asks the court to change venue, that makes more sense. At that point, you should also file: 1: an objection to dispute the change of venue if it is going to mean you have to go further for hearings. If the current venue is more convenient for you than moving it to where he lives, say so. Otherwise you will be driving even further if something comes up in court. 2: a motion to address all issues that need to be addressed, including support. He wants to address issues... address ALL issues. I would also include mentioning that he admitted encouraging your teenage son to talk to you like he did. Teens are hard enough to deal with sometimes & don't need extra encouragement, especially from a parent, to treat the other parent poorly. The judge should hear about that. Forget what he accuses your DH of... that is probably because he is getting advice & help so he thinks you must be too. Or maybe it's a tactic to get you riled up... like telling you he's taking you to court. Maybe he wants a reaction... so give him one. React with calmness & work diligently to defend yourself in court. Do not defend yourself or your DH to him. He isn't going to listen anyway, that's why you can't a word in edgewise. Really, you can complain to the court that he talks badly about you to your son. The court will tell him not to & may even hold him in contempt... but they still cannot MAKE him stop talking badly about you. But as your son gets older, he will make his own decision. He may, unfortunately, stick with his dad against you... or he may decide to have less (or nothing) to do with his dad. Especially after he becomes a parent himself... he will understand better how wrong his father is being now.