Or another Robinia. Black locust is a tree growing over 60' tall, that may produce runners that sprout some distance away. A friend thinks some produced by a neighbor's tree grew across his entire city-sized lot and came up on the property of the neighbor on the other side.

wow, that's astounding, and I don't know of anyone here who has anything close to a $12.50 burger! Our farmer's markets are just starting, so I don't have prices on everything, but new potatoes are $2 a quart, green beans are $1.50 a pound. Cucumbers are 3/$1 and zucchini and yellow squash are 25 cents each. Snow peas and snap peas are $1.50 a pound too and I got a bunch of beets with the greens still attached, 8 beets about tennis ball sized $1.50. Lettuce is going for $1 a big bag and I picked strawberries for $1.35 a pound a few weeks ago. Fruit will be expensive, though, as the fruit crop has pretty much been frozen out. Apples, peaches, plums, pears, cherries and apricots are all going to be darned expensive for local stuff if there is any availab at all, the farmers say 90% of the crop is lost. I have no idea what corn or tomatoes will cost this year but last year corn was $3 a dozen and tomatoes were about $1 a pound for heirlooms, or $7 a half bushel for "field run" canning tomatoes. The only things ready in my own garden are lettuce, radishes, herbs and garlic, which I have to go out and dig up in the next couple of days! Annie

As I lay here in bed reading this, I have a large pad on 2 sheets of paper towels folded long ways two line that pad, 2 depends pull-ups on, a disposable Chuck, a fabric Chuck and a towel underneath all of that. I along with many other women that I've read about on this thread have suffered these 'monster' periods for a very long time, well actually to the tune of 25 years. I have left my stamp (flooding Period gushing pools) at work at home, at the child Gymboree class, on Greyhound buses, on every form of Transport known to man. I have always had to have the heaviest flow pack of pads I can find along with Depends pull ups and tampons and black pants at several strategic locations during my day. One kit in my car, one at my job and always in the house. I could identify with the frustration and I was happy that some people mentioned the mental anguish and the feelings of being just out of it. Feeling isolated and unsociable. Over the last 25 years I have adapted to living with the memory loss, fog and just kind of drifted through my day on auto during these episodes. I was not financially position to be able to stay home during the illness, and on one occasion I remember coming up off the subway train and bent over on the street screaming in pain. But this was New York so everyone passed by and ignored me, indifferent to what they were seeing. At that time a taxi driver saw me and had pity on me. He insisted that he take me home. but I was adamant because I didn't want to lose my job; so I told him to take me to work. By the time I got to work they had to call an ambulance and rush me to the hospital. I was dehydrated and anemic due to the blood loss. it was the first of many occasions like that, and I would frequent the ER bleeding heavily and dizzy over the following years. 10 years ago I had three fibroids removed of which one was the size of a grapefruit. The monster periods lightened up for maybe a year or two but then it came right back with a vengeance and was like Clockwork every 3 weeks as per usual. Heavy and uncontrollable with massive clotting. I was too afraid to have the hysterectomy because of people's horror stories including my own mothers; and the fact that it apparently brings on menopause, along with all the syndromes almost immediately. My little sister had gone through menopause at age 43, so I figured I'd wait it out thinking I can't be that far behind. I am 51 years old, and to my absolute Delight had not experienced a period in the last 7 months; so I thought I was done with it all , thinking that it was all behind me, that the nightmare was over, and got rid of all my stationed 'kits.' Yes it meant I had terrible hot flashes, but those paled when measured up against those monster periods... Which brings me right back to today laying here reading all your heart wrenching stories. At this point I don't know what to do and I really don't want a hysterectomy after suffering so much with the fibroid removal. moreover I don't have the luxury or option of taking time off of work. I guess I will make the appointment with the gynecologist and see what options are out there two decades on. I'm hoping for a miracle. Again I want to thank all you ladies for being so candid and sharing your stories. It has been really helpful to me and, I'm sure, to many other women going through this nightmare. I wish you all success with your various treatment options. I will definitely come back and update you on what treatment the gynecologist recommend.

Fabulous color. I have two that are similar in my house -- EK Mustard Seed and C2 Radiate. They are happy, happy colors. Just right for that happy, happy baby! And good for you for figuring out that you can't necessarily pick colors by looking at other people's photos. It's a great place to start....but it just isn't that simple, as you well know.