We except laud and praise here, also. ;)

Tracy, I'm so sorry that you couldn't retrieve it from the sorting center. Well it was worth a try anyway. At least the vendor was nice enough to offer to replace it. Maybe it will turn out okay in the end. Can you tell I am an optimist? :agree:

I have had enough of rain...
 

When will the Monsoon Season end??? :faint:

My orchids are going to grow gills.

It poured all day yesterday and just when I thought it was going to end it started storming harder. :((

I guess some of my chids will enjoy 85% humidity inside the GH, but my fan is going gangbusters.

I need some Sunlight otherwise I am going to have very pretty foliage plants next year and NO blooms.

:nono::nono:

So come on SUN....where are you? :tapfoot:

I checked the track and confirm thing again the next day and the info had changed. It said the package left the Minneapolis facility at 7:59pm that day instead of 12am when I checked that morning. So it was still there all day while I was at jury duty. It's officially back in CA now and the vendor has given me a refund on the plant as I requested. She apologized profusely and is sending me something else in the mail free of charge for all the trouble. So yes, it did turn out ok in the end;)

To all Ranters previous I sympathise! Life can be be cruel and a motto I try to always remember is "That which does not kill us only makes us stronger." It applies to so many things, yet we still need to let of steam ;)

As such, I do have my own little rant of the moment.
Someone is stealing blooms from my garden! :((
A small patch of mini sunflowers came into bloom and were in their prime. I went out the next day and well they had all been picked! The only remaining ones were those that had not bloomed yet.

WHY!?

I'm not a cruel vindictive person and to be brutally honest if they had left me a note I wouldn't be as bothered. They could have even knocked on the door and asked for the flowers I would have gladly cut some for them!
But oh no! Those ideas did not get into their ignorant little minds.

And today! Guess what! Three more have disappeared! Yes I could call the cops, but they have more important things to deal with. If it keeps happening I'm thinking about investing in more spiky plants for the borders, make them think twice at least.

Oh well on with the day.
Rant on!

Oh that is so annoying Triffid!

I like your idea of spiky plants!

OK, so recently we got a letter from the police to say that there had been a complaint about 'Anti Social Behaviour' from kids on our street.

The 'Anti Social Behaviour' was the kids playing football on the corner of the road just outside our house. (There are no rules in the area about ball games so no reason they shouldn't.)

Now let me ask you... how is kids of all ages ranging from toddlers to teenage (the teenages beeing very careful to look after the younger kids) from a mixture of famillies, all playing nicely together, smilling at passers by, moving out the way/waiting when cars or pedestrians are gong past... how is that 'Anti Social Behaviour'!

None of them were my kids, I don't have kids, but I was really annoyed that anyone should have complained. Ok the football has hit our car once or twice and has even hit our house windows (they didn't break) and it's gone over our fence as well, but this is just kids having fun and being kids and no damage has been done!

Kids can cause problems in our area, but why critisise them when they are actually being social and friendly and just playing. :evil:

I have to agree with you Rosie. Seems to me that kids today can't win. If they stay inside watching the box or playing computer games people complain. And yet when they do actually go outside and play (part of the learning to socialise process) there's always some busy body with nothing better to do then complain about it.

I know this is the tantrum thread ... but this quote puts things into perspective ... I has for me many times when I have been in a quagmire of questioning life around me and caught up in the chaos ... I wish to share it with everyone ...

"People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered;
forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
be kind anyway.
If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you;
be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others may destroy overnight;
create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous;
be happy anyway.
The good you do today will often be forgotten;
do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it may never be enough;
give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God;
it was never between you and them anyway."
- Mother Teresa

Please don't let this stop you from complaining ...
Self expression clears the mind ... we need clarity to maintain and care for our orchids! :nod:

I like that Dorothy :nod: