Thanks, I really couldn't believe how cheap they were. He had at least some 50 or more in 2 gallon containers and an equal number in 5 gallon containers. Bestdank, I am already envisioning where I will be planting them. I want to put one in front of the house facing the street, but my tiny front yard is already somewhat crowded! haha. I have four queens, a majesty, butia capitata, yucca guatemalensis, australian tree fern, Aloe Marlothii, kentia and a young king palm. The king palm will likely not get very big before it's wiped out by a freeze and the majesty will likely not be a long term palm as well. I'll find a place somewhere! haha. Catkim, Those are some real beauties! I really love that silver coloring on the first picture. And that trio looks tempting! Stan, It's Nickel Palm Nursery near Bakersfield. They carry a ton of palms, everything that can grow in the valley floor. He has actually been through some tough sales moments so he said he had to sell several of his specimen palms for his nursery's survival. He told me within this last year he dug and sold a giant Jubaea and several large palms. This year sales have picked up for him. If I had the capital, I'd have bought them all! haha

Oh for Pete's sake, there is ABSOLUTELY no reason to think the fiance is some kind of psycho abuser wanting to molest OP's granddaughter. This is blame-shifting at it's finest. It's irresponsible and slanderous and it doesn't help the OP at all. If anything is leads her down a false path that will only make her problems with her daughter worse. Per OP, the fiance doesn't seem to like her or her husband much. He is not warm, doesn't make much eye contact and seems to avoid them to a certain extent. However, she also reports that he is civil and there's been no open hostility or disagreement or harsh words. He appears to dislike them, but has not withheld his daughters from the OP, which he could have done if he disliked her intensely. OP considers his daughters to be unruly brats who don't really belong to her family, altho she's willing to make a small effort to play step-grandmother if it's not too much trouble. The fiance did participate in the Disney breakfast altho it was clear he was not happy about it--so he's willing to accommodate her to a certain extent to keep family peace. To try to blame the estrangement on him, and then escalate him into an abusing child molester is ridiculous. In any interpersonal conflict there is fault on both sides, even though usually everyone wants to believe that they are completely innocent and misused. If you are estranged from a family member, you ARE partially at fault. People don't like hearing that; they think they must be an exception, but it doesn't work that way. And nothing can be resolved until they are willing to own their part of the problem. Nothing. In fact, it will continue to get worse as long as someone insists they are perfectly lovely and always correct and complete victim. The OP has a multi decade relationship with her daughter. It's long and complicated. But we know that her daughter worries about the OP making scenes, and that worry would be based upon past experience. We know the daughter has accused OP of trying to buy her and her children, and in fact OP did state she built a $100,000 for a 2 year old (altho I am sure that's not the only reason the pool was built I hope). The problem was severe enough, the daughter forbade further gifts and the OP worries about gifts and cards being returned. She has only recently sent a tub of popcorn at Thanksgiving which is not inappropriate, if it came before the request to stop sending gifts. If it came afterwards, it was pushy and way out of bounds. Per OP she's had problems with several other family members. And she was pushy and insensitive regarding the Disney trip. They invited themselves, and then when they found out they weren't wanted after buying the tickets but before getting on the plane, they did not change the date of their vacation or did not go as scheduled but stay away from the daughter's family (which would have been easy to do). She insisted on a breakfast. She did not respect what they wanted. We can also see from what the OP wrote that she has conflicting requirements, she doesn't want to be in large gatherings with the girls, unless it's at Disney. She doesn't like coping with all of them, but is willing to babysit. She calls them unruly, out of control and screeching, but says they are lovely. She doesn't want to take them out in public, unless apparently they are at an amusement park. We also see from the OP's post that she is reactionary, resists self insight, and lashes out easily when she doesn't hear what she wants to hear. You can imagine how difficult would be for her daughter to deal with. And the OP's rejection of her newborn son over not getting to see her daughter alone would be very painful and angering. The OP is unreasonably rigid. We see from what the OP wrote here she is very focused on what she wants and does not seem to be much aware of the wants of her daughter. That her daughter wants something different than what OP wants does not make what the daughter wants wrong or bad, just different. But OP doesn't see that, she only sees that it is not what she wants and finds that sufficient basis to judge her daughter's wants as being wrong. Two strong willed women whose wants conflict does not in any way mean a third person is an child molesting abuser. It's very clear that the OP is at fault here. The daughter is also at fault. She is as inflexible as her mother, and just because her mother is rigid, does not make it right for the daughter to be rigid. What harm would it be to allow some time for grandmother and granddaughter to be alone together at least on occasion? One would think the daughter would understand OP would like to recreate that time she spent with her grandmother and the time when her granddaughter lived with her. I wonder if the daughter has nice memories of spending time along with her grandmother, or did the OP not facilitate that relationship? I also wonder if the daughter is worried about her mother showing favoritism among the children. The favoritism is clear (and understandable perhaps) especially the distinction between the biological granddaughter and step granddaughters, but it's hard believe the daughter would tolerate her mother favoring her daughter over the son. The daughter also has problems communicating with her mother. She didn't want her mother to come on the vacation and yet when her parents asked, she didn't say so right out then. Perhaps she was afraid of a scene. But that's not an excuse to not be clear. l Perhaps she thought it was rhetorical, it wouldn't really happen, or thought it meant it was something they should do sometime, not necessarily this time. A sort of 'let's do lunch' proposal. But again, it was her responsibility as well as OP's to make sure they were talking about the same thing. OP said she seemed initially approving of the idea then changed her mind after the tickets were purchased. Maybe she liked the idea but her fiance didn't and she encouraged the self-inviting without considering it was also her fiance's vacation and she should have spoken to him before allowing anyone else to crash the vacation, particularly since he's made it clear, they aren't his favorite people. So perhaps she initially encouraged her parents to join the vacation w/o thinking of her fiance's feelings. And then she found herself in the awkward position of having to backtrack. (btw, that the fiance may not have wanted OP and her husband on the vacation does not mean he's a child molesting abuser) So the daughter is at fault too. But the daughter isn't the one writing here, she's not the one deprived of the relationship with these children. Children who won't be children for long. OP however is the one looking for answers, and the only responsible answer is for HER to change some of the things about her that contributes to the problem. Doing the same thing she's done for the last 5+ years is not going to suddenly work. She needs to do something else, and blaming the fiance is not that something else. Looking honestly are her part in the estrangement is. A therapist would be a worthwhile investment.

Well I have NO idea what Oaktown said but it sounds impressive <g> Linelle, the reason the picture came out like it did is because it was set to "spot" meter (for lighting). If you didn't set it that way yourself, then the camera decided on that setting. You can try again with Center weighted or evaluative light metering. I've gone round and round the LED bush and have decided LEDs need some more tweaking. You can put LEDs in a incandescent fixture. If you want them to dim, it might or might not work. And even if it did work, LEDs won't dim as low as incandescents. And the color stays a bright white vs the warm reddish orange glow of a dimmed incandescent bulb. So if dim-ability is important to you, I'd suggest going with the LED version. Example: I have a incandescent fixture over my tub. And had a Lutron Maestro dimmer switch. When I put a Philips Warm Glow LED light in the fixture, it didn't work. It would come on (dimmed) and wouldn't turn off :o It wouldn't dim or brighten. Just stayed at one level and ON. Had to install a Lutron LED/CFL dimmer switch for the bulb to work properly. Also, the fixture we just put in DH's bathroom is capable of LED or incandescent. I started out with Walmart brand LED. Worked (with the Maestro LED dimmer switch) but the lights didn't dim as low and didn't get a "warm" glow. Changed to the Philips Warm Glow LEDs...didn't dim enough (for me) so I put in 100w incandecents. Perfect. So for me, LEDs have more growing up to do before I'm ready to use them all over the house. CALL the manufacturer. They should be able to help. And yes, I realize you're asking about a bathroom light. Hey, bathrooms deserve ambiance too ;)

If the incandescent bulbs are 'A' lamps using the E26 base, it would be a matter of finding a replacement non incandescent bulb that can fit. Given that incandescents are being phased out, it is also possible that the incandescent fixtures are being offered at a discount.