I'd probably put 'Magical' on the list of possibilities for Niki's meme.

It's 'Love of life' Ghio 2012. I hope to add it to my garden someday. It is such a nice pink. It still has large blooms even though the stalks were a little short.

Love of Life is very pretty.

I thought it was a Ghio! He's done some really nice pinks...

It was 36 here this morning. No frost however. Not enough moisture in the air or soil for frost. Burn bans all over the place. The game and fish people are thinking of bringing water into the duck preserves so that we will have a place for them to nest overwinter. Wish we could get just a little rain.

Niki, Love of Life bloomed for me in 2015. Mine also had rather short stems. A beautiful pink, however.

Wow Bonnie, that is not good. Hope no fires start, that can be a scary thing. The weather patterns are so messed up. They had snow predicted for Saturday here, and now I see they have taken that off, so that's good. I still have lots of wood to split. I think I get caught up, and then another load shows up. Oh well, maybe I can get two winters worth of wood split and save me some work next year. I have 12 coming for TG dinner so I have to get the house whipped into shape too. That shouldn't take long, as I've done most of my Fall cleaning and there's not too much to do yet.

poly/marilyn this is a non sequitur and from left field, because i was reading a 2015 post of " (I really need to work on iris beds and iris planting this summer. But I hate the heat... and everything has to be protected from gophers... (* whine *))".

i am always having gopher probs, and wanted to to know if you had ever done an interspersing of garlic bulbs around your irises and plants? i was wondering if this might deter the gophers in any way?

while we were @ costco the other day, i bought a whole bag of garlic cloves for $3-4. there were about 15 or so; i split them up into 1-2 "bulb-lets", and planted them along the fenceline to the openspace in back where the offenders are tunneling into our yard; plus planted many more closer to the irises.

i am [hoping th]is might work. also, someone at our local society offered gopher spurge. i think it's a euphorbia? i've never had to deal with gophers before. all i can say about them is they are a PAIN in [edited to finish the sentence....lest you accuse me of saying the wrong thing.] the back side. ( ha lol)

oh, will gopher spurge discourage gophers, too?

Sad news today about my boy kitten, Mulder. It appears he is having kidney issues and has an infection. So he will have to be on IV for two days, then subcutaneous fluids and antibiotics for awhile. His sister has malformed kidneys, so his problems may be congenital. Those two babies have had more health risks in their first year of life. They were feral and their environment must have been horrid because it has given them so many health problems.

I wish your animal babies the best of luck.

Big wishes for your kitten's recovery, Leslie; it's really good of you to give them a loving home.

Oh Leslie, best of luck to you all!

Leslie, I'm sorry to hear that. I'm glad they have you

leslie. it's always a rough time when our four-footed family has health issues; they cannot tell you exactly how they feel or where it hurts.

but, lucky two have you. sending you and kitties many hugs.

So sorry you and your feline babies have to go through this, Leslie. Hoping for good results!

Leslie, hope the best for your kitties. I'm so glad they have you to watch out for them.

good luck with the kittens.

leslie. it's always a rough time when our four-footed family has health issues; they cannot tell you exactly how they feel or where it hurts.

but, lucky two have you. sending you and kitties many hugs.

Hope all goes well with the kittens. Male kittens in particular can have issues with their urine crystallizing. If you don't catch it fast it can be fatal in a very short time. I learned that the hard way. They are lucky to have you as their keeper.