Wow. So much variation. Really cool. Thanks, Lycopus!

Looks like Perisol. Don't eat it.

Hello livinwell!! Your very generous comments about our home honor my wife and myself. Thank you so very much. You've certainly made our day. As for pics of my STAR WARS Toy collection room... Well, I'm not sure that everyone here is ready to be hit with THAT level of geekiness. LOL There are plenty of photos of my collection on several sites around the net, and some of those folks have had some really strange and mean reactions to it. I've even been called a "hoarder" among other things. Oh well. But really I'm just a guy who's been collecting since the age of 11 back in 1978, and so the collection is somewhat sizable. Hey there Daisyadair, No need for apologies, but you are most gracious to offer one. Thank you so much. I agree with you . The internet CAN be full of some very strange people hiding behind their anonymity and posting the wildest claims, many of which are mean-spirited, vicious, or flat-out un-true. I'm actually pretty flattered that you find our place a bit "un-real" even if it is not your taste. Following your example, I googled my "darklord1967" name and found an MSN message board for vampyres! There was an individual on there with my exact same internet name saying that he likes to drink blood (I guess that's what you encountered) Yuk! The thought just makes my skin crawl. The thing that puzzles and alarms me is that his private e-mail address is the same as mine. I hope to goodness I haven't been hacked. Anyhow daisyadair, my wife and I thank again so much for the correspondence.

Thank you all. I have been working seriously on my gardens for the past 10 years. The backyard was originally a steep slope up to the greenhouse...we bulldozed it and made terraces, and everywhere we dug were nice flat wall stones, so we started building stone walls! The wall building continues...every time we say "This is the last one", we keep going, lol. And of course all those terraced walls make great garden beds, filled with a mixture of topsoil and tons of compost....gardening with no stones! My biggest pleasure. I will post more pics later of the terraces...and the pond. :-)