Merry Christmas Renee, and all the best in the new year! May all your roses (and Lilies, Iris, etc.) bloom their heads off, your hoses behave themselves, and only the good bugs visit your plants. :-)

mav, wishing you a happy, peaceful and blessed holiday season! we never know just how strong we are until strength is the only thing we have. God bless! nina :)

"Over?" That depends, Mike. Philosophically, one can say Christmas isn't over until one allows it to be. For those of a Catholic persuasion, Christmas does not end until Epiphany. For the Orthodox, Christmas hasn't even come yet. (Epiphany is Christmas day for them if I am recalling correctly.) This post was edited by paul_ on Sat, Dec 28, 13 at 14:33

Merry Christmas to you all! We had a warm Christmas here as well. My family members were able to gather outdoors even! This was such a nice relief since I had almost 30 guests over for dinner last night and every inch of my house was packed! Today it is 50F/10C here and should climb to 63F/17C, however all the warm days are coming to an end. Looks like flash flooding will begin today and the temps will begin to drop and old mother winter will be rearing her head finally, freezing and below freezing temps next week. Hope you all have a happy and safe New Year! Thank you all for your friendship, your advice, and most of all your kindness and understanding. Tracy