Hope everyone's day is terrific!! Happy Birthday America!!!!

We celebrated at our DS's home last night. A neighbor was late to dinner after his shift as a hospitalist. Police and hospitals have called in all the staff they could round up for this holiday. They'll be seeing all kinds of injuries -- fireworks, auto accidents, all kinds of drug/alcohol-related stuff, and gunshot injuries and fatalities. The Grateful Dead are sold out at Soldier Field (60,000 capacity) for three consecutive nights. (And...there's always gang warfare in *Englewood* -- one teen gunshot fatality and one injury at 4:30 p.m. yesterday.) MOST people will celebrate without incident. All of the KT, I hope!

Debra: Hadn't even thought about SF being a bud builder (or any other daylily for that matter). I try and tidy up spent scapes quickly, so the only daylily I've known to be a bud builder was Smoky Mountain Autumn which was hidden back in amongst other daylilies and usually missed my tidying efforts. Glad you pointed that out......Ed: That is a very pretty white. Nice form......Maryl

Erasmus, amen to your comments! I think expensive weddings are insane; if DD gets married, she's going to get the kind of wedding I had unless she pays for it herself. She won't mind. Ours was really nice and I remember it fondly. Kristine, DH is a native of Italy who lived most of his working life in the U.S. When he retired (he's older than I am) I wanted to live somewhere other than the U.S. for a couple of years, so we went to Italy, where we ended up buying a retired farm and staying permanently. I'm happy to be here, though I miss my family and am wondering when Covid and the price of airplane tickets will allow me to go back for a visit. I haven't seen them in three years.