Thanks, mouton! I google searched the name you gave me and couldn't find a pic of anything at all. :( Is there somewhere I can learn more about identifying cacti? Like what things make a cactus belong to a specific group or stuff like that?? I am so new to this! Owned my cacti for a long time but never learned what they are or anything. I am surprised they have lived as long as they have! :)

AVEDON> You are really having good luck in the rebloom department. Beautiful Edging is a great daylily,and am glad you are getting more reblooms PERSIAN MARKET is a very pretty one, too.I have had rain here hree different times here in this last week, so maybe mine will put up more scaped, but, its suppose to drop down to 48 tomorrow night,so, kind of doubt I will have more rebloom scapes, but, never know.Strange things are happening this year. nice photos too of your blooms. jean

Thanks for the great update on everyone! I have jumped in and out quickly a few times lately, but haven't had much time. My little sis moved in for almost a week just prior to her move to Nebraska. She had been house sitting for a professor friend this last year while she was abroad. Since all of her stuff was in storage, we cleaned up the house and she vacated about a week early so that we could all spend some quality time with her before she left. That way we didn't have to do the final clean up just as Bernice was coming home. While here, little sis also had three of her granddaughters with us. It was quite a house full with a 11, 7 and 5 year old. On last Sunday, we had Christmas in July (August) dinner with turkey, dressing and all the trimmings. It is Tanya's favorite meal and we knew that we wouldn't be together this Christmas. We had 23 for dinner and I did all the cooking. I found out why we don't have turkey and dressing often except during the winter. It is TOO HOT. We spend all day Sunday together enjoying each other and then my older sister, Barbara, also spent the night with us. She lives here in town, but we wanted to have as much time together as possible. We sat up on the screened porch talking and laughing until 3 a.m. Monday night, we all gathered again and had plenty of left overs. Everyone was here again! Dan, Tanya's Nebraska love, flew in on Tuesday afternoon. I had told him that he needed to send some Nebraska corn our way because Walmart was totally out of fresh ears all weekend. We had a smaller cookout on Saturday evening with only 10 of us and had wanted corn on the cob on the grill. I didn't think anymore about the corn, until Dan called on Monday night and said that he was bringing corn to Texas. He had checked with the airline and could bring it in an insulated carry-on. He flew Southwest, which brought him into our small Love Field in Dallas. He said that something kept setting off the alarm at the security check and they had to unload each ear on by one to check them. He brought 44 ears of sweet Nebraska candy corn!!!!! Tuesday evening DH cooked hot links, hamburgers and corn on the grill. We had 26 for dinner that night. We had potato salad, baked beans, chips, and dips. I was so exhausted. Again, we were up until around 2 ish. Wednesday morning DH Jim, Dan, Tanya and I were up early to load the 26 foot U-Haul and her Jeep. She had sold her huge couch, but we had that truck and her vehicle loaded to the top. They pulled the Jeep on a trailer. They left around noon headed to cooler temperature in Nebraska. Jim and I took a long, welcome nap that afternoon and DD Tracie called me at 4 as she was getting off work to let me know that we needed to pick up the furniture on the screened porch because it was about to storm. I jumped up and Jim already had things moved and tarped and the sky was BLACK. Tracie came home and just made it in before the downpour. It was lightening and the wind was blowing so hard. We lost our power and were gathering flashlights and lanterns since the storm was at full fury. At 5 p.m. my neice called me and was hysterical. A tree had come through their new house. We rushed over and were the first of the family to arrive since we live only a few minutes from them. The firetrucks and ambulance were already there. A 60-65 foot (about 4 1/2 foot in diameter) tall oak tree had crashed through a window and side of the house and had fallen through the roof. My nephew Rod was sitting in his Man Cave room when their power went out. He got up and went to open the blinds to get a little light and actually saw the tree as it was coming down. He was holding one of their 3 Chiuauhas and threw Beau toward the door as he backed up. The ceiling, wall and window crashed down on him. He was under a bunch of the debris, but fortunately the tree and wall didn't land on him. He hurt his back, but looking at the room and house, it is miracle that he is alive. His family spent that night with us. The house is probably a total loss since the weight bearing walls that run from front to back were hit the hardest. They are still waiting on the final adjuster, but their insurance agent and the contractor that he called in say it will all have to come down. They had just bought the house during the past year. Thank God for insurance. They are staying in a hotel right now and for a house for temporary residence. I am still keeping their Mini Pin dog. It has been a crazy, crazy week around here.

Thank you all so much for your kind words and your interest in our "growing" little family! Baby Tonto quickly found his way into our hearts, and as with Posy, we are absolutely smitten with this kitten! He is SUCH a little lovebug. He will literally run and jump into your arms when he sees you come through the door (he's still sequestered away from the rest of the gang, but we are doing slow introductions), and he nuzzles and kisses like crazy, and has his purr-motor going constantly. I have a fuzzy pink robe that I wear in the mornings, and he has taken to kneading it like mad and suckling on it. It must remind him of mama! I just let him do it ... it'll wash! In typical kitten fashion, Tonto is nonstop movement and it's hard to get him to sit still long enough to take his photo. This one looks slightly possessed, but this is pretty much him in action! He manages to somehow look like a big boy in the pictures I do get of him ... But he's still quite itty-bitty, as the size of his head will show here ... The other cats are having mixed reactions to Tonto. While Posy initially seemed ok with him, she's started acting a bit more aggressive towards him. She sits right outside the door to "his" room, but when brought INTO his room, she sits next to the door and whines and yowls, sticking her paws out underneath the door as though to say to the cats on the other side, "Get me OUT of here, you guys!" She has run at him a few times and slapped at him, and of course there's the hissing that comes from BOTH of them. Tonto sounds like the tiniest little snake! He seems to be able to hold his own, and while he hasn't been the aggressor, he doesn't run away from the others either. After awhile, they'll sort of settle down, and even sleep within a couple of feet of each other, but they are still keeping a wary eye out. The playful interaction I'm hoping for just hasn't happened yet. In the meantime, Posy is getting more and more integrated into the activities of the older cats. She is almost always in their presence, and they don't seem to mind her anymore. Penny especially is doing much better with her. Although they still won't play or cuddle together, Posy does seem to have infiltrated their little "posse" and more or less become one of the gang. Old man Pooh seems to like BOTH of the young newcomers. Molly is still ambivalent and a little grouchy about the whole thing. Penny is not at ALL keen on the new baby. I'm sure all things will work themselves out in Catland, as they always do. That doesn't stop me from longing for everyone to get along well in the here and now, so I'm working on my patience as well! Here is Posy after tiring herself out Friday evening being grouchy towards Tonto. Perhaps having a baby makes her seem so much bigger in comparison, but I swear she has had a major growth spurt just in the past couple of weeks. This pic of Posy was taken just recently: And this was taken on Saturday. (I love how her face is a little bit Spuds MacKenzie looking here! Remember him?) She is an amazing little cat. :-) Finally, here's a quick snap of Penny I took yesterday. Her eyes looked so green up against the colors of the bedding. Doesn't quite translate in this photo, but I thought she was still looking pretty. :-)