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Zencat

Jul 1, 2015 9:04 AM CST

Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)

I had some fun last night watching YouTube videos of them.

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Linneaj

Jul 1, 2015 9:42 AM CST

Name: Linnea
Southern Maine, border 5b/6a (Zone 5b)

How very exciting!

Don't make fear based decisions.

| @Linneaj | Post #892925 (2)

Muddymitts

Jul 1, 2015 9:44 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Celia -- share the links!!!

Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com)

| @Muddymitts | Post #892927 (3)

Henhouse

Jul 1, 2015 9:51 AM CST

Name: Sherry Austin
Santa Cruz, CA (Zone 9a)

Zencat said: Double parked!

Absolutely hysterical!

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

| @Henhouse | Post #892934 (4)

Zencat

Jul 1, 2015 9:55 AM CST

Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)

Blues Stay Away From Me
https://youtu.be/2YfhSHXryeo

All that I watched were well worth it!

| @Zencat | Post #892940 (5)

Linneaj

Jul 2, 2015 2:53 PM CST

Name: Linnea
Southern Maine, border 5b/6a (Zone 5b)

Today, I drove across southern New Hampshire to Vermont. It is sometimes a tearful drive being just to the north of my old stomping grounds. Every sign to a point south is a memory and some of those memories have gone to heaven. Black Eyed Susans were everywhere. The route is lined with plant stands. I didn't stop. Maybe on the way home. We can tell what month it is by what is blooming. July is a beautiful time in New England. I brought some iris rhizomes to be planted in Vermont.

Dad is sleeping in his chair.

Don't make fear based decisions.

| @Linneaj | Post #893866 (6)

grannysgarden

Jul 2, 2015 3:30 PM CST

Name: Bonnie Sojourner
Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a)
Magnolia zone

I take those trips occasionally too, Linnea, just a different route. Have a wonderful time while you are there and take care going home.

Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul— How can I keep from singing?

| @grannysgarden | Post #893883 (7)

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cbelt1

Jul 2, 2015 6:01 PM CST

Name: Cleta
Idaho Falls Idaho (Zone 4a)

Welcome home Sherry. Sounds like a fun trip.

Cleta

| @cbelt1 | Post #893983 (8)

Muddymitts

Jul 2, 2015 8:28 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Some of our memories have gone to Heaven, and some are in the process. There's much sadness in life -- sometimes it's hard to see the joy. I'm glad that your Dad is still alive, and that you can visit with him.

Safe travels.

Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com)

| @Muddymitts | Post #894102 (9)

Linneaj

Jul 4, 2015 8:10 AM CST

Name: Linnea
Southern Maine, border 5b/6a (Zone 5b)

Oh no, I see oodles of joy! This particular trip just takes me backward amidst the present.

A friend of mine in her late 70's and I had a conversation. I asked about some mutual friends from the city I moved from 25 years ago. They were older than I and younger than she, both dead. I asked her how she dealt with losing friends - which we all do, the older we get - she said to make new friends.

I am joyful every day. Just a plate of beautiful food makes me smile with wealth. Even when I had muscle relaxers for my shoulder surgery that caused me to piddle all the way to the potty, I laughed. Perhaps if I were never going to heal, I would be sad. For now, I feel sadness for the world and specific rotten events, but never to be dwelled on throughout the present. I have been gifted with happy brain chemistry. The only thing I can do is today.

Don't make fear based decisions.

| @Linneaj | Post #895046 (10)

janwax

Jul 4, 2015 9:17 AM CST

Name: Jan Wax
Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a)
I'm a semi-retired studio potter.

Hear, hear, Linnea! Beautiful thoughts.
Happy 4th to you and everyone! With all its faults, it's good to be in America!

| @janwax | Post #895101 (11)

Kelli

Jul 4, 2015 9:18 AM CST

Name: Kelli
Canoga Park, CA, Sunset 19 (Zone 10a)
Where summer is winter

I see that McClure and Zimmerman has some rebloomers for sale. I might just have to get another 'Best Bet'. I accidentally gave mine away when I thinned out a bed.

| @Kelli | Post #895104 (12)

grannysgarden

Jul 4, 2015 10:46 AM CST

Name: Bonnie Sojourner
Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a)
Magnolia zone

Kelli, is Best Bet blue or shades of lavender/purple?

Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul— How can I keep from singing?

| @grannysgarden | Post #895189 (13)

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irisarian

Jul 4, 2015 11:24 AM CST

Name: Lucy
Tri Cities, WA (Zone 6b)
irises

Mc & Z have a couple of I. reticulatas which are interesting.

| @irisarian | Post #895215 (14)

crowrita1

Jul 4, 2015 12:11 PM CST

Name: Arlyn
Whiteside County, Illinois (Zone 5a)

That's where I get my "bulb" iris, and have had good luck. I have heard of folks getting the "wrong" bearded, though.

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Henhouse

Jul 4, 2015 12:53 PM CST

Name: Sherry Austin
Santa Cruz, CA (Zone 9a)

I get most of my bulbs from Van Engelen. They always send excellent bulbs... They're the "wholesale" division of John Scheepers. I put wholesale in quotes because you don't have to be an industry professional... just the desire to buy in lots of 50 or 100.

Happy 4th to everybody!

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

| @Henhouse | Post #895320 (16)

Zencat

Jul 4, 2015 2:20 PM CST

Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)