This is just a bit amusing to me. Not what Natanya went through at Hardy's, but just some thing that turned up on the net when I googled Hardy DL garden CT. What appeared to be an independent review of Hardy Daylily Gardens appears if you follow the link posted below. The review which was posted today no less has nothing but the utmost high regard for the owners of this establishment. I read through this whole thing and then looked at the links to the right of the review. To the right of the post you will see this link (Click Here to View Our List of Favorite Outdoor Plants to Grow in California). Anyway I went ahead and clicked on this and it takes you to Amazon.com and if you look to the right where it says about this Listmania author. Underneath you will see the name J. Hardy "expert", and below that "Plant Expert" Like I said above, I think it's pretty amusing that someone would right a review dated today in the wake of this unfortunate insident (and its repercussions by way of negative feedback), and when you follow the links it leads right to someone else whose last name happens to be Hardy. Hmmmmmmmmm. Could this have been written by a truly satisfied customer?? Maybe, but when you see the name at the Amzon site it does make you raise your eyebrows and wonder some. People do make mistakes and we all have bad days. If and when it happen you say you're sorry and get on with life and work a bit harder so the same thing doesn't happen again. It just looks bad when you see this kind of bandaid put to use in order to compensate for a negative review. JMO Linda Here is a link that might be useful: CALIFORNIA PLANTS

If ex and I wouldn't have a child, we wouldn't maintain connection and wouldn't keep in touch. But I never thought to sever that bond in order to pursue new relationships, one is nothing to do with the other. In fact we maintained a good connection for the sake of DD. I believe it is good for her. She grew up not being bitter about family and marriage or scared of commitment. Her GF's parents are also divorced but barely tolerate each other and she says she never wants to have children because of what parents put her through. DD does not have this type of attitude. If i ever call, I try to call on ex's cell when he is at work. he has young children and there is no need to call him at night or weekends. But he calls me anywhere, he is not sensitive LOL, if he calls from home his wife is usually right there and I can often hear her yelling: "say hi to...". But like i said we only talk on occasion now. DD is not a child anymore. As about memories like silverswood said. My DD only knows us as her parents separatelly, she does not know us as a couple. She does not remember. We don't remember ourselves being a couple either. We got divorced 18 years ago when she was 4 and we were very young and very different people than we are now. She is 22 now. There is nothing there, whatever was is gone very long time ago. We don't even share memories, but we share DD, so that will never go away.

That's horrible that you're having to deal with this, but get locks on the gate(s) ASAP. No one should step inside your fence/gates if you don't want them there. I have locks on all three gates going to the fenced back yard, and I keep them locked at all times. They have code numbers, so I don't have to carry a key. I am absolutly amazed at the number of "normal" people who don't have enough sense to shut and secure a gate, immediatly if not faster, as soon as they walk through it. Open gate, step through, shut and secure gate; it seems so easy to me. "Oh I was just going to be a minute." is the usual response I get when I have to get up in someones face about not shuting the gate tightly (before I got locks). My dogs can get out, be gone, or get killed in a few seconds. They're hunters; it's out the gate and after something before you can blink an eye, and there's no calling them back. We fixed the fence and gates so none of the utility meters are inside the fenced yard. All the meter readers can check them from outside the gate. I've "briefed" every delivery person, and after having to practically put one guy up against the wall, I think they've finally learned to not come in my gate, unlocked or not. The front door is, ha-ha, in front of the house, by the driveway. Why don't they take the packages there? I'd like to leave the one gate we use from the driveway to the mudroom unlocked, and if I'm home I sometimes do. Still, I have to keep an eye on it all day long.

Kswl, I usually end up not taking pictures of people that interest me and regret it. I have strong memories of those un-taken pictures. When we were in Puerto Rico a few years ago there was this young women at the bus stop with very strong classic American Indian features and she wore what looked like colorful rags sewn together. The expression on her face was so detached and distant. During this trip we were in a small village where I came upon a very elderly lady that seemed to be dressed in old fashioned mourning clothes. She was sitting on a bench with a pile of leather bound books bent and reading. The only color was her two mismatched knee high compression hose stockings in bright opaque. Both of those un-taken pictures really told a story and would have been great fun to try an paint. I'm going to try hard not to ignore photo opportunities that inspire me in the future. Sounds like your architecture pictures inspires you. Have you had any framed for your walls?