Leftovers

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Storm, on my sandals while I sit at the computer.

Are you sensing a trend? I have taken at least 8 photos of her in the same place all with different shoes.

My miniature crape myrtle has powdery mildew this year, which is odd, since we haven't had much rain. I didn't know what to do for it, but the article I found says to remove all infected plant parts. That means I have to cut back to the central stem, and since this plant is over 5' tall, I'd lose all of it and get no bloom this year. This variety blooms in late July and August. I really hate to cut it all off. What to do?!

An old friend sent this photo of a double rainbow over her home in Colorado. Beautiful!

These tiny blossoms, which look like lily of the valley, were blooming on a tree in my backyard this year. It is just off the deck at the place where the foxes came onto the deck back in the spring, so I had a hard time getting over there to take the photo. I don't know what kind of tree this is, do you? Edit: I did some research; it is a sourwood or wood sorrel tree.

Last but not least, another of my granddaughter's original art. She gave this one to her aunt because they both love the beach.

Here's hoping that each of you had a great Fourth of July and the rest of the weekend will be even better. We stayed home and read/napped/blogged/cooked/ate and will probably do the same thing tomorrow.

You May See a Rainbow.......

You may not remember, but I mentioned seeing a fantastic rainbow while having dinner at a downtown restaurant last month. Some wonderful person sent me this link to photos he had taken. I hope you enjoy them!

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I found out today, quite by accident, that I have had the wrong type of business account for 24 years. No wonder my service charges have been exorbitant. I have been to this bank a number of times over the course of that 24 years; complaining about the amount of money I have to pay for service charges, and not once in all those times, has anyone ever told me that I have the wrong type of account. I feel used and abused! I have been paying a minimum of $15 per month basic service charges for an account that should be much less. What do you think are my chances of getting some of that money back? And how should I go about it?

A reward for the customer service rep who told me about it is in order too, I think, or at the very least, a letter of commendation. I could have kissed her feet when she told me she was changing the account to one that requires no minimum balance, no service charges and no fees for the first 150 transactions. I feel like the guy who found the pot of gold at the end of that rainbow!