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Merry Christmas guys! Here in AL, we were a balmy 76 degrees today! Needing a bit of fresh air, I decided to head outside to check on my violas and snapdragons. I noticed that a few of the snapdragons and violas were wilted and dying. I'm wondering if maybe a cold snap got them? The...

It's November 1st and 88 degrees today. No sign of frost or rain coming anytime soon. Unusual, even here in the deep South (Central Alabama.)

We're in the middle of a severe drought, my yard has only seen rain twice since the beginning of August. Wildfires are raging everywhere. It didn't rain a single drop the entire month of October. The only things living in my yard are the few things I manage to keep watered…

The kids got to swim with them last weekend. They loved it!

Hahaha! Love it!

Here's the "parent" (what's the correct word for plant parents? Hahaha) plants. The leaves grow very vigorously and I have to thin them out occasionally to keep them blooming...

The seedlings grew really slowly all Spring. Now that the weather has heated up, they're growing like crazy!

Did they grow SmartRed?

So my seedlings are starting to bloom! Woohooo! I can hardly contain myself, it looks like these first ones will be white! :weee:celebrate:weee:celebrate I will be saving seeds if anyone wants some, l'd love to share or swap! :woot

Yes, it is! It's great for Summer swims and boat rides. Not so great for growing a garden. Or grass for that matter, lol! Gravity always wins and everything winds up in the lake! :he

Yes! He is alumni from the UA engineering school. We are HUGE Bama football fans! Of course! Hahaha! Roll Tide!

After their swim! Haha; So cute! They loved it! Stripe kept diving down under the water, which scared me to death! :eek:

They follow me everwhere, they think I am "mommy".. Precious!

And we all got hot, so time for their first swim.. :p

Ricky (my husband) and I built them a little portable pen today. To keep them safe from the neighbor's cats. Of course they thought they had to help..