Nat - In the first pic, there are two siblings fromt the cross Precious Candy X Twilight Illusion. The flower on the top right is the sibling to the other four blooms which are on the other plant. Both of the Precious Candy kids are four years old. During the drought year, two years ago, they did not increase at all. Last year the one with 11 fans more than doubled its fans. Debra

My dad said his purple martins arrived yesterday here in Oklahoma. One of the weather guys on TV said that this time of year, there are so many purple martins coming north you can see them on radar. Nearby bats show up in late summer, too.

Their parents are too concerned with hurting their childrens feelings to parent them plain and simple ... nothing is expected of them so why should they do anything. And if they do not get their way all h3ll breaks loose .... If I remember right it was Sylvia who said ... why hitch your horse to this wagon .... yes sylvia I should have listened to you years ago ... what a fool I was to think they would actually want to parent their own children. When dads home SD stays in her room ... so tonight was peaceful... if he's not home she's out here looking for I don't know what ... he was outside putzing around the yard I was making dinner she was saying things under her breathe I tried not to hear one comment was about my garden how I don't take care if it anymore and how I was making a lousy dinner.... I went outside while dad finished what he was doing came in she was sleeping on the couch I finished dinner sat down by myself hubby and ss15 joined ... ss13 and sd12 stayed in the living room. We ate then hubby woke up SD and also told SS to go eat ... everyone else cleared their plate from the table hers is still sitting their ... I went into the living room with hubby and after she ate she went into her room

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