Happy belated 4th, TM! Your cottagey patch looks positively picture perfect! Love those HHs and the daisies - a great cottage combo. I noticed the little guy right off - what a cutie. : ) I know what you mean about the stone path and shoveling snow. After we built our home I got the notion to make a similar path up to our front porch. The first winter snow fall brought me to my senses. ; ) No way could I slide that flat headed shovel cum snow plow over those rocks without jarring my shoulders beyond a quick tylenol fix. Went the concrete route, too, but we are now planning to break up the long expanse with some of those flat, man made cobblestones. I'm determined to have a more cottage look, some way, some how. : ) Kathy, cute story. I showed my neighbor some of my compost bins full of worms and she didn't quite share my excitement. Then I informed her that was what was in the soil around all the roses, etc., blooming their heads off despite the record heat we're having. She then went "Ah, tell me more." : ) Diana

yeah, that's what i thought, too. but over on the tomato forum, they id'd it as leaf-footed stink bug nymph. check out the color plates: http://ftsg.ifas.ufl.edu/LFBIBC.HTM i sprayed some pyrethrin and smushed the ones i could find. at this point in the game, the tomatoes are pretty unhealthy. if this does the trick, great. i'll count my blessings to have had fresh tomatoes from march to july. if not, hello fried green tomatoes and southern peas!

Stink bug nymph of some kind, but can't see it well enough to ID. Can't even tell you if it's a 'bad' one or beneficial.

I don't have any advice to add other than repeat what others have said about calling your cellphone provider, maybe they can block her # from their end. I do have a "funny" story - I have a friend who eventually had to have her # changed, at the cost of the phone company. Seems they printed HER phone number by mistake in a yellow pages ad for a towing company...You can imagine the calls she got! She didn't want to change it right away because she had a very pregnant daughter and a very ill mother, and didn't want to miss calls from either of them due to a new #. Good luck, Monica!