Jodik..You just saved me 8 dollars over that foam thing I almost bought!lol By the 3\way, I e-mailed you:-) Yes it is a reunion and I love it! By the way, happy growing to you too! Laura, hello! I wish you could of seen what my day was like. I had every intention to mail you a plant today, and my stress got wind of me. I never made the P.O but will within a few days:-) I am so happy to see you here and that you have gotten to know my good friends!!!! I am so happy they have gotten to know you!!! Jojo, what can I say except for YAHOO every time you come here. You are much treasured by all of us! It was 35 today with harsh winds= my favorite kind of day..Right... I hope we see the 60's again before true winter is here to stay. My Black elephants ears has finally died right to the ground. I will did mine out this week and stick it in a pot into the basement for a good sleep. Have a great day dear friends. By the way Al, good one! lol Mike

Good afternoon ladies! Please excuse me for having to go to work!!!LOL Deb, Thank you so much for stealing Tracy's box! I'll be taking posession of that again Thank You! RECAP, I pick box #12! I'm sorry to those of you that are waiting but I have most of the contents of everone elses boxes! Here's the numbers so far #1 1 #2 1 #3 4 #5 4 #6 0\ #7 0 #8 1 #9 4 #10 0 #11 0 #12 4 #13 0 I will double check these before the end of the month! Lisa

HELLOOOOOOOOOO! I've been missing in action and I'm really sorry about it. I've been busy, busy, but now can communicate with everyone while I am on the road cause I'm going to invested in a Blackberry. Right now I have a loaner for a couple of weeks to see how I like it. It is an older model, and does not take pictures but I love the idea that I can access the internet while not at home. I've been working both my jobs, went to Greenbay/Wrightown, Wisconsin to pick up Shelby and Deanna's two Boston Terriers on the 24th of July. I can't say I enjoyed getting out of the Ohare airport and going through the Port of Milwaukee was no picnic either. Oh lord, I could have never done it without the GPS a friend let me borrow. So, while Shelby and DeAnna are celebrating the 7th year that Shelby is in remission on the beaches of Antigua. I get the pleasure of watching the two little devils. I love them, but garden dogs they are NOT. The weather has been great and we've been able to shut off the central air and enjoy opening the windows. But, the little devils whine, cry, bark, and run from window to window and I can hear them even when I'm way out back. Needless to say this drives me nuts, and don't get me started with how bad they terrorize my cats. Will I be glad to take them back? OH LORD YES! The idea of skipping August sounds good to me. This will give me time to get caught up on more boxes. Speaking of boxes Alana and Sassy what kind of fragrance DO YOU NOT LIKE. I only have one of the Pillow talk and would hate to send something you guys didn't want or use. Kat, Welcome, and glad to hear you are doing well with your shoulder surgery. I would love to see pics of your Great Danes, they are wonderful dogs! Vic, I wish I could help you out with a cat, but........I'm sorry,as much as love ya. Would I drive cross country to bring you on? NO,NO,NO! You say Why? (see above for my trip through Chicago and Milwaukee. Crazy drivers, the speed limit says 65 and these people are going 90. Trust me, if you don't keep up with the flow they will run you over. I just about had a semi up my you know what. I believe I used several new cuss words. Tracy did I see you say you blew up Alana's garden. Now what could Alana possibly do to have you do that? Or should I ask? Sassy, I tell you what, I will trade you Kensie for two little angels for a week. HeLLO to everyone else. I miss you all! This is my only day off and I am leaving for Chicago Friday then Shelby will drive from the airport to his house. I will be coming back on the 9th. Work three days then I'll be off except for doing my part time job a few hours each day for a week. I need some coffee!! LIFE IS GOOD, Annie

Have not repotted the plant yet - chore did not get done. Perhaps this afternoon. Thanks for the advice. My last plant lived in dappled shade until mid-afternoon, and then full sun. Seemed to do fine. I haven't seen my neighbor to ask her where this pot was located. Hers was far more proliferous than my plant, but do I think she has had this plant forever. I think I remember it in the same pot when I was given the pup and that was quite awhile ago. SJN, you are right. I did plant my Michelia Alba into the ground. Here's what it looked like at purchase in April 2016. Here it is when initially potted up. It sailed through winter 2017. We had no hard freeze. I planted it into the ground last April 2017 and it was a beautiful little tree all of last year - and bloomed so nicely! But yes, it froze all the way back to the roots in winter 2018. It's coming back very strongly. It is full of new growth, all from the base of the tree. I removed all of the dead parts - all of the tree from the base of the trunk and up. I imagine it will be a shrub from now on. I don't expect that I will ever take a tree-form again. I will get picture and post today. DG, I look forward to an eventual update on your Buddha's Hand planted in the ground. I'm still thinking about doing the same and still mulling it over. I wonder if it will spread - and if aggressively? Invasive plants always start slowly at first - they fool you - and then when you are not looking, they take over and are everywhere! Carol