Here's an update on the new pond. The tropical water lily Foxfire is blooming, as is the Thalia delbata (water canna), and the water hyacinth. Another tropical lily, Avalanche, has yet to bloom and my hardy lily, Black Princess is still to show it's flower. The fish are doing fine, and the surrounding plantings are about done, with 10 varieties of elephant ear, 3 types of bananas, 2 Chinese Windmill palms.

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Men In Nursing- A Few Good Men

"If by a liberal, they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind; someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions; someone who cares about the welfare of the people, their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties; someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicion that grips us; that is what they meant by a liberal, I am proud to be a liberal."
John F. Kennedy, September, 1960