Thanks Wendy, April, Carla, Judy, Ronda, Sue and Brandy! Kate, thank you! How right you are. Now it's just a waiting game til they call him in! Leslie, VESPER does fade a bit to a lighter apricot color. But I like it. But, my very favorite rose is BUTTERSCOTCH CL. Jean, a lot of my roses are all lying over too... not from a storm, but the sprinkler risers I added last yr! The water knocks them all over. I gotta stake a lot of the taller ones. Iris gal, SPECIAL OCCASION has become one of my favorite apricots. It blooms better than most. Maurie, welcome to Garden Web! And watch out! Roses are really addicting, as are these Forums! Bgrose, there are a few roses I don't have that I'd love to get. SILVER WEDDING, FREDDY MERCURY, TINA TURNER, MICHEL SERRAULT, SIMSALABIM and the lavender/green florist rose HALLOWEEN are a few I can think of right off the top of my head! Decobug, I'm not sure what this "VARIETY CLUB" might really be. The one pic I found of it shows yellow w/red edges.

YEAH, YUMMY YUMMY APPLE PIE JAM RECIPE POSTED!! THANK YOU VINA for posting for us all to enjoy! Thanks to Miss Becky for sending it to Miss Vina! VINA you have a DC# 03120860000241675162 Melody, I am so sorry to that happened to you, I have never personally had it happen (yet anyway) but do know others that have. At least it was something you grew from seed and you got the pleasure out of that while you had it in your yard. I think it would have made you (an anyone else) feel worse and really really upset had it been a dear plant you had spent a nice chunk of change on. I am lucky I live off the main road now an no one really comes down this far unless they are going to the last house at the end of the dirt road. Unfortunately I have to deal with 4 wheels and dirt bike riders barreling up and down the dirt road because they go play in the woods at the end of the dirt road, we put up a NO TRESPASSING sign at the end of our drive because someone came into our barn and tried to steal our saddles and some other stuff last summer. Well, one of the smart twerps thought it would be funny to trespass in our yard, he came in the yard, spun around the sign a couple times then came in further and made a couple laps around a tree we had cut down, when the man of the house started walking toward him he spun around again and went out threw our yard to get back out in the road, he didn't even try to go out the driveway. It was short, quicker, and much faster access away from the coming doom! None of them have tried anything like that since BUT it was so totally all out and out rude of him to do it in the first place. We do have to get on to them from time to time for speeding out the road because all of us who live here have animals that can run out in front of them. So they have to be reminded of that. Then on top of that they keep knocking down a display I have at the end of the drive with the house number to mark the place, it has been completely ran over with a car, dirt bike I don't really know what it was, I just know the last time it happened there were actually black marks left in the dirt! People are just rude now a days and the trouble is it is only going to get worse I fear... Take care everyone and HAPPY GARDENING!!! Stay FRESH AND COOL! :) Aqua

3 Cards today! Yippee! Moonflowers with a gorgeous golden Christmas card from daveedgeguitar - I am so happy you sent these! I originally got the moonflowers I grew this year FROM you! They never set seed for me, so I am grateful that you sent more! Thanks!!! Mexican Flame Vine with a fun snowman/reindeer card from rbrady - I have NEVER ever tried these, and I have been wanting to forever! I am SO. EXCITED! about these!!! Thanks a million! From dem-pa, I got some Philadelphia White Box Radishes, Flamingo Feather Celosias, and Sugar Baby Watermelons! I have never grown the first 2 varieties and can always use more watermelon seeds! The radishes look really neat - and I will happily save seeds from them to share with others in the future. Those celosias look stunning. I have only grown mixes of celosias so I am just really psyched about the ones you sent. Thank you!!! I am so excited about all the new seeds I have received. Every variety will be planted and loved. Thank you again so much for everything!

My dad passed away four years ago. There have been several times when I could ask a question and then I imagined what his answer would have been and I could remember the sound of his voice. It was almost like he was there-but not quite. A couple weeks ago I dreamed that I was in line at the bank and I heard Daddy's voice behind me saying, "You think this line is going to take much longer?" I turned around and there he was. I put my arms around him and lay my head on his chest and said, "Oh Daddy, I've missed you so much." He said, "I've missed you too, Sis." I could feel the warmth of his body and the shape of his chest under my cheek. Then he asked me, "You takin' care of your Momma?" And I said, "Yeah, Daddy." Then he patted me on the shoulder and said, "That's good." I turned my head away for a moment and when I looked back Daddy was gone. I awoke at that moment, wide awake and sat up. When Daddy died he had been suffering from cancer for over four years and his body had shrunk quite a bit. He hadn't been taller than me for many years due to his advanced age. But in the "dream" he was taller than me by a head, more like he was when he had been about 45 or 50. When I put my arms around him his body felt strong and solid, not weakened, the way it did just before he died. I am certain that he was there and talking to me. If there is life after death, I have hopes for some things for my dad. I hope that he has seen his mother who died when he was only 6 years old. He missed her deeply all his life. I hope that he finds his little dog, 'Dodo' that died from drinking poisoned water. He always loved dogs and often mentioned how sweet his little Dodo had been. And I hope that he will know peace and joy for all eternity, he deserves it.