Morning!! Margo, it's not as bad to take care of as people think. I think because its bigger, its pretty self sufficient. I do need to get in it every month or so and weed. My water plants reproduce so quickly they would cover the whole top if I didn't. What's nice is I put all the pulled ones in a wheelbarrow and bring them down to the veggie garden. Pile them up and let them dry. I about a week they are bone dry. So dry they crumble! I use them for fertilizer. I don't know if its the pond water, fish waste or what but those plants work almost like miracle grow ;) Shirley, we have a Master Gardener's plant swap usually every year here around Mother's Day. I say usually, cause this year we didn't have one? I was so busy at the time, never asked why, and till you just mentioned it forgot all about it :) My fair swap has been growing a little every year by 1 or 2 people. :) A lot of the same people come every year once they get hooked. The like the variety of different things I bring every year. What's awesome is that it all comes from the gw. :) The seed swaps in the fall produce nice little babies for my swap. This year I tried a bunch of Dianthus.... I have Ipswitch, Black Adder, Yellow something I can't remember, Black Magic, Fire Witch...as you can see I got most of these from the Halloween swap last year :) I also have some different Althea's that I can't remember right now, lol. The turtle is officially done. He's not a fancy turtle, but, he does look cute. ;) The kids are so excited I hope he wins. Taylor was looking through the entry list for ecology classes. She's entering photography, art (painting and sculpture), sewing, flower arranging (gee, wonder where she's gonna get those?), and house plant arrangement. I have 1 house plant in my house. Taylor's zebra plant. This thing has produced 8 babies! She took my tea cup planter and planted them around in it. She then used one of my old spoons and stuck it in. Made a tea bag tag to tie to the spoon, " Taylor's Tea" It came out so cute! Billy is entering art. He made the most beautiful pastel drawing of a fish this year in kindergarten. It won an honorable mention at the school art show. I framed it. He's also entering the house plant arrangement too. We didn't have any house plants for him, but, we did have some hen's and chicks. So yesterday we got a pair of his old sneakers, washed them, and filled them with hen's and chicks. They are so cute!! Little blue sketchers!! So adorable!! My neighbor saw them when she was walking her dog and asked if they were going to be at the plant swap...lol! I have to get a photo of them. Have a great day!! vina Here's a weird one...found this double gaillardia. It looks like a science experiment gone wrong, lol.

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... Summer's end came faster than we wanted Come on home Come on home No you don't have to be alone Come on home Come on home No you don't have to be alone Just come on home -- John Prine. This song doesn't fit the "fun" theme, but it's sweet so here are two links if you want either one. First is a live version, you see John performing this song. Second is a video story fitted to the song. Don't watch it unless you're in a place to handle a sad story. Sad because it's all too often true. John Prine - Live from Here - Summer's End Summer's End (note addiction hotline in credits)

This thread is pretty long so I'll post links instead of videos. Click if interested! -Sunday morning racing, remembering Jim Nabor's tradition of singing "Back Home Again in Indiana" at the Indy 500 for so many years. 1988's Indy 500 opening song - Sunday morning, so hope ya'll can appreciate a short little rootsy gospel music even if you don't swallow the whole religious and/or afterlife concept. Phil Alvin singing the lyric, Dave Alvin the echo-response. If You See my Savior - Losing a home, Corb Lund's tale that's all too true for some generations of ranchers: S Lazy H - a deeper, more poetic meaning of "home" ... link is to lyrics by Ferron: Never Your Own (... But if the voice that is talking is never your own, Then who's going to tell you that you've finally come home ...)