Beginner Gardening: Hackberry Trees, etc, #7, 1 by SunnyBorders

SunnyBorders wrote:
Christi, guess you're saying: "there's more ways than one to skin a cat" (pardon the metaphor, Sharon). Think there's one about catching more flies with honey, or is it using carrots rather than sticks!

Bet you can be determined, Christi, and I'm beginning to see also cunning!

Re the MIL, we do have a sister-in-law whom we really don't like. She says very spiteful things about other people and has all the charm of a lily beetle. Carol's mother's mother who was a very likeable and entertaining character used to say" "You like your friends, but you love to hate your enemies". However, as you say, in politics (and business) this is not a productive strategy for success.

Below, only the third Monarch I've seem this year, but with the wet summer
there's been more plants in bloom than there usually is. This is the first I've seen on a flower, this year: a traditional no-name pink New England aster. I clearly remember them, in past years, on the purple coneflowers, but the latter have almost all finished blooming. Maybe the migration is somewhat delayed this year?

Fun to hear from you both,

Charlie.