Ida, I am so disapointed that I will not be able to order from you again. I am also pleased that God sent you my way so that we could become aquainted. He makes no mistakes. I am happy for you and Damond that you will be able to spend time enjoying your life together and that you will have more free time. I will keep you in my prayers that our kind and generous God will give you the peace and grace that you so richly deserve. I will look for you on the LA also. God be with you and Damond on this new adventure!!....Ellie

Thanks everyone, yes, yes yes, we are so thankful to our doctor and his entire staff. His whole facility is nothing short of amazing. They are each great at what they do and do everything they can to make this whole terrible experience more manageable. We both appreciate all the well wishes and continued prayer. --Lukki

Hi Rob, Not much to add ... and hope that you're back at least part way out of your blue funk. Brother, retired farmer who lives 1600 miles way, has one son, only child, in a city 100 miles from here, a couple of small grand-daughters from son's second marriage, and comes to visit them a couple of times a year. He'd called to say he was to be in the neighbourhood, and we got together on Friday, I called son and he and his partner were there for lunch, as was brother and wife ... and a couple of favourite cousins were, as well. Brother spent a few years when he was very young with the family of our Mom's brother and their two children when she was ill, so he considers one as almost a sister: the son, a local farmer, died several years ago. The other cousin lives locally and I see her at church fairly often - she, who had voice training, has sung in the choir for 75 years. The brother and I went to deal with some complications over inheritance of cemetery plots that Dad owned ... and it looks as though resolution is to be easier than we figured. Then we sat and had a chat ... and he's rather worried about future viability of his son's marriage. We don't see one another often, but we've been close, over the years. Our brother died over forty years ago, when his kids were in their teens, and our ready-made sister that came with our stepmom lives near brother in Saskatchewan. It's a red letter day when we get together. ole joyful

I finally repotted my poor little wine cup lacunosa... I always watered it quite a bit in the glass, but I used a really quick drying gritty soil... the outside of the cup just always looked so green with moss growth... I was certain it was not happy as it didn't grow much. I was surprised to find her roots without any rot and in good health. Hopefully it doesn't mind the extra room and drainage! Also, I found this plant YEARS ago at a big box store covered in wilted spotty leaves, I got it on clearance and saved only healthy stems. Anyone have an idea to the cultivar? Ruby Sue, maybe?