Ron, your parents don't look their ages at all! Guess you and your brother didn't give them a hard time growing up. ;-) These zinnias were supposed to be cream-colored, not the color of a school bus! Another GardenWeb member planted a packet of the seeds, from the same seed company, and got the same results. We wrote to complain, but were told, "We only discuss soybeans and corn." They were serious, but I thought it made a funny story.

I forgot about this one. Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, made from volcanic stone.

Up till this year when I am seeing very few butterflies of any kind, Painted Ladies were abundant in my yard. Only saw one this year and she is well faded and bedraggled. A pic from last year, this is the underside of a Painted Lady.

Magnificent animals, beautiful pics, Casey! The closest I have come to getting a picture of a Monarch butterfly this year. I have had perhaps only a half dozen sightings of one fliting about in the last 2 months or so. This one refused my pleas to show itself better for a pic. Sure hope it has a safe journey to Mexico.