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Thank goodness for the Aspermont Library or I would have had to travel to Rotan to write my column this week, for some reason no internet!!!! So as you know I am not a happy camper when these electronic machines do not do what they are supposed to!!! I told the men at the bank if they would give me my pencil, an old fashioned typewriter, and an old fashioned adding machine I could beat these electronic devices !!!!!! OH well this is progress and so we have to live with it. Wasn't the rain wonderful, Joe's garden is looking good, just has two tomato vines left, but I told him that will be enough if they make like they should. Well I did it, went to Rotan one day last week, and cut back the old big Desert Rose plant. It had got so big it wasn't going to be able to breathe. Jay has been keeping it in the greenhouse at Rotan because it had got to big for Joe and I to handle. It loves the greenhouse just blooms so pretty, but as Jay says, 'Mom I will baby sit that thing but I'm not trimming it back!!!!' We have both tried and tried when I cut it back to root some of the cuttings, and we have not had any luck. So I got on U tube and asked it how to root some of the cuttings. Went and got some perlite, Jay got me some good old Fisher County sand to mix with it, and some root powder, okay that was going to do it. I had been cutting it back like they said at an angle and cutting it where I was supposed to, so this time it's going to work!!!!!! Well we can always hope, I gave one pot to one of my friends here at Aspermont , she has a greenhouse so she's trying , too. We shall see we have faithfully been sprinkling it every morning, and of course all this rain has been wonderful. We have been enjoying our friends from Tennessee, they are staying at the RV camp, until they decide to travel on, wish Joe and I could travel with them but we have the good memories of Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico. I had a good Mother's day and hope all of you did too. I really enjoyed Sue's column last week about Mom's day for a week, thank you Sue. Brian and Charlie took me out Saturday for Lunch, then Jay and Lance took me out Sunday. Joe took me to Lubbock on Thursday so I really had a good Mom's few days!!!! All of you take care, hopefully we are through with the tornados, the rains were nice but the hail and the tornadoes we can do without. Have a wonderful week!