Eleven, I would assume the same thing. I got mine last year, and it has yet to bloom. Cannot draw any conclusions from that. To tell the truth, I forgot to look for Alligator Alley as I said I would, been too busy to swat mosquitos even. I know right where to find Alligator Shoes....but don't suppose you will take a picture of it instead? :) I'll put out an alert for Alligator Alley WANTED and see if it turns up tomorrow. In the meantime, I decided to EDIT this post and add a picture of AA taken on May8 2014, with my tablet camera which is always a "cooler" picture. Since we are talking color differences on this hosta, looking at my plant through a different lens might be interesting. As I recall when I took that picture, I took some with the Kindle FIRE on May 13th about a week later, of other hosta in same color options side by side, and they all had the real same color quality live and in person. The warmer tone is the actual and real tone of these plants, NOT the cooler version. and here AA is grabbing just a corner of this picture of Dance With Me, Mango Tango, Princetta (the solid green gold) and a piece of Alligator Alley.off in the bottom left. I enjoyed putting their pots together so I could figure out who was who next time. I was impressed how much like a family group they appear to be. This post was edited by moccasinlanding on Wed, Jul 9, 14 at 22:32

I was literally just noticing over the weekend that my hands look 50. I'm 50 (oh, still not used to THAT) but I want my hands to look 35. That's better than being in your 50s with hands that look like they are in your 70s! I buy Amlactin at Costco. They usually have it on coupon every few months. It has really helped with my chest and neck. My latest horrifying age discovery has been saggy knees. Slathering on Nivea's COQ10 firming lotion there. Don't know if it is having any effect. I'm also going to get back into total body DIY vitamin C serum. I just ordered some more L Ascorbic Acid powder to make it. I mix it up and put it in a spray bottle.

AFTER stripping down and repainting all the doors and woodwork in my 120 year old house- I was talking to the woodworker who built our shutters for us and he said there are really two viable alternatives for the situation (would have been great to know 2 years and a million gallons of stripper ago). If it is a relatively flat surface without a ton of detail he said he usually gives it a light sanding just to scuff up the surface then skim coats it with wood filler. This will fill all the low points and give you a new, smooth surface. Another method he uses on more detailed woodwork is using a solvent (whichever is appropriate for the paint you are working on) like thinner, acetone, mineral spirits etc... and uses steel wool to and small wire brushes to slightly dissolve the alligatored paint and redistribute it over the piece. This will eliminate the high-low spots, retriggers the chemical reaction in paint which makes it bond to its surface and itself, and is much less time consuming than totally stripping the whole thing. Both of these option of course only work if you are intending on painting the piece as opposed to staining or clearcoating.

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