The party is ON for this Saturday and Dad is going to be so surprised! I'm using many of the great ideas you all have so generously shared and it's going to be a great night! The menu includes: A key lime cheese ball, deviled eggs, a balled fruit salad, turkey meatballs with cranberry sauce and sweet and sour sauce, salmon balls with dill, brussel sprouts, pearl onions, parsley baby red potatoes, drunken bloody mary cherry tomatoes, Hostess Sno-Balls, and Truffle balls. With Melon ball cocktails and a champagne toast. We're decorating with black and blue mylar ball-oons and graduation undertones. And greeting him with "Great balls of Fire" on CD. I think it's going to be a blast. Thank you for all the suggestions and recipes! I can't wait to see his face as he figures out all the ball references it's gonna be a hoot!

I got my 6s Friday, with 128 gigs! The guy asked if I was sure I needed that much memory. Here's hoping the vole explosion has left enough hostas alive in my garden that I don't have to post blurry pics like this one ever again. Thunderbolt rear and Dream Queen forward. She is still in a pot waiting for her forever home, but I like the color comparison. Kathy

It looks more like a bean to me. One which has sustained some damage causing the points of the heart shaped leaves to be deformed.

Platycladus orientalis or Chinese arborvitae. But they don't all grow in a rounded, ball shape so look for those cultivars that will stay in the size and shape range you want. 'Aurea Nana' is a popular choice. Thuja occidentalis 'Mr. Bowling Ball' is another good choice.