By the time you typed in all the text in this post you could have been to the Doctors. I hope this is very poor attempt at humour, if it's not I believe there is a website somewhere that will tell you how to do minor sub dermal surgery. Thank goodness for my national heath care. Had an MRI yesterday and was complaining that I had to pay 15 bucks for parking.

While you have so many pretty ones, I'll just comment on a few.....Season Finale did very well for me last year. This year it's a blotchy mess so far (it just started opening) and the color is not as velvety as I remember it. But the weather is hotter and drier now then last year so maybe that's it. Your picture is why I would keep it......I like Melee for a late red. How's it do in the PM?....Always love the oranges. I remember when Trimmer came out with a batch of exciting new offerings (eg: Parrot Moon). I thought I'd die for want of Parrots of the Caribbean (I think you had it) but I don't see POC around that much any more so it must not have been that great (plus it looks like it's a fader)....I'll make a confession. I don't remember the parentage of the Former Valentine Sweetheart, but that seedling looks suspiciously like it......Maryl

Interesting Oakley that Wood Sage and Sea Salt had such a bad beginning for you. But glad it was pleasant in the end. I've had other things like that but can't remember what they were right now. And sometimes I've had the opposite too of something I thought I liked originally then after a bit it was terrible. Thank goodness for samples!!! For you 'bad dog smell', if they are rugs, I'd set them outside in the sun and fresh air a few hours and that always did it for my Mom when we had a dog. Of course if the rug is large, that's no easy task! I had great luck with bad smells from a healthcare worker that we had for my Dad not too long ago. Talk about perfume overload!! She used essential oils, smoked cigarettes and then tried to cover all that up with some sort of strong cleaner or laundry detergent and a strong mouthwash!! I could smell ALL the layers. Yuk!! I was gagging and could not get 10 feet from her. We had to cover the chair she sat in with a blanket so it wouldn't permeate the fabric. My Dad had lost most of his sense of smell and he smoked cigars so it did not bother him plus she was great with him so I just put up with it. But I couldn't stand it and by the 3rd evening we had gotten an Orek air purifier. It was a larger newer model that I had used before but worked fantastic. I could now be in the same room with her. And by the next day, it was the freshest smelling room in the house. And she was no longer ruining the furniture. Maybe this could work for you? No I don't work for Orek or anything, just reporting what worked well for us and saved us from having to fire an otherwise great worker. The new bigger one we used is called Orek DualMax Air Purifier and the smaller size we had before was called the XL Professional Air Purifier. I've since even used the big one to get cigarette smoke and mothball smells out of a few leather purses and after a few days they smelled like leather again. In fact, I'm doing this same thing as a favor for a few friends of mine. Hope you can find something that can help you.

Isitdoneyet, the article was an eye opener. After viewing pictures of them I'm about 100% certain that's what it is. His isn't very noticeable like I saw in the pictures though, but still had the same description of AK's. you see in pictures. Maire, the physician's office called in and then the dermatologist's office called DH a couple of days later. I've never had to wait more than a week to see a specialist when my doctor's office calls it in. Lynn, I wasn't worried until I read that having AK on the head (bald area) is really bad, can even spread to the brain. I need to find more info on that. Plus, once you get it you are more than likely to keep getting it which means there's a good chance it will turn in to melanoma. Gscience, the spot isn't like that, but I often get tan like age spots that I can scrape off with my fingernail , mostly on my legs and upper arms. I had a doctor look at one about ten years ago and he said it wasn't cancer. Can you scrape them off? You all have been great with information. I'll definitely keep you informed.