I am just so darned happy for you, Sylvia...I could bust!! The doctors telling you there was no brain involvement has to be the biggest relief ever! I can imagine what has gone through your mind during this whole thing, because I know what I would have been thinking were I in your place. It must have been very, very difficult! I can't even begin to tell you how very happy I am that things have turned out so well for you! I pray for your continued recovery and am glad you are back with us! Doin' the happy dance for you... ~Sandy~

Andrea, Rita, You know I love purples. And Pinks. And brights. With the delph, it is shaded part of the day, but so were the three that didn't make it. I love them, so I will keep trying until I get it right...no doubt. I'm stubborn, you know. Juliet, Filled to Overflowing has been an outstanding bloomer for some time now. The first picture of it was June 7th (a double bloom in the Emmerich bed). I am so pleased with all of the Emmerich intros I have because they are large bright blooms and they have many,many blooms int he course of the season. And they are unusually beautiful to boot. What more could you want? Andrea, Yes they are. Every one of four these looks almost as good after a day in the hot Alabama sun as they do at the start of the day. I have posted some pics taken at 2 and 4 PM. I am very happy with that aspect of them. nggraham, Thank you, I love the bloom on it, and it is also a wonderful bloomer. So much of the time it has multiple blooms...a lot of the time 5 or more, and it is a first year plant, so I couldn't be happier with it. kay kay

Students in most all colleges party and cavort to excess, that's not significantly different in one place as another. I agree generally with what you're saying. Of course the mid-range and lower students aren't flotsam or hovel sleepers. But continuing the fantasy that everyone is entitled by birth to and is capable of getting a college degree and that that will make their life magical isn't the right mindset either. There are too many youngsters who aren't capable of being successful in college but there aren't enough alternatives offered to them. I said I saw a problem and I don't know what the solutions are. Some quick numbers I found without belaboring the point - California Community Colleges have 2.1 million students. Yes, many are part time, many are adults or even retired persons taking classes for personal or occupational enrichment. Fair enough. Let's assume half of the total is such people and others in the very important two year vocational programs (Fire/police, dental and medical assisting, etc). That leaves about one million. Total CSU transfers in Fall 2014- 47,000 Total UC transfers 2015-016 - 17,000 That's 64,000. If it takes 3 years to complete 2 years (which it shouldn't), then there are 350,000 "graduates" each year and 64K are transferring to the obvious places. What's happening to the rest of them? Hundreds of thousands disappear each year. My speculation is these missing noses are dropping out before completing a program and perhaps shouldn't have been there to begin with.

Despite that only Graywings responded to this post last month, I still find it amazing that my little plant started budding before Thanksgiving, was blooming profusely well before Christmas, and has been blooming non-stop since. Since in in 7 days it will be Easter it will easily make it to then and beyond as there are still more buds along with the blooms. The orangey-red single blooms are daisy-like and most are large. Some of the leaves have been getting brownish-dead-leaf like spots on them. Not sure what to do.