Finally able to spend some leisurely time enjoying your thread, Woody! I dislike skimming because Im afraid IÂll miss something important and all the neat details, the dog park being a prime example, lol. Superb colors and textures in these photos, thanks for sharing the excursion. The citrus mobile really caught my eye! Saucy, itÂs not too late to make one with bird seed ornaments - plenty of winter still ahead, right? Hope you do and post a picture to inspire me into giving it a try. Woody, IÂm so curious about the doggie cookies you make for treats. Is this a recipe you formulated? Oh, and I did try some carry out samosas but even as I munched I knew they had to be a poor imitation of yours. The local Thai restaurant isnÂt exactly authentic. Also want to comment on the homemade mincemeat as IÂm not sure IÂd recognize it even if it was in front of me! My grandmother loved mincemeat pie but all I remember is that it came in a glass jar, was brownish in color and had some raisins. Probably bears no resemblance to homemade. So anytime you can get a picture of how you and Randy prepare, serve or plate it, I would be very interested. Keeping you close in my thoughts as December gives way to JanuaryÂ

What is this for? I think it's obvious. She's making a list, checking it twice Gonna find out who's naughty or nice Obviously she knows when we're awake, we're here typing but I'll have to draw the line at any spying on me whilst I sleep (only Santa is that creepy - and sheesh is that necessary I've always wondered - let me dream.) I'm sure that's not R's intention, but she knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness' sake! If I was going to make a list of nice people on this forum, Rosemarie would be the first entry. I love lists of things, thanks for doing this, Rosemarie! Looks like you're probably as big of a fan of spreadsheets as I am, the best list-making tool ever, definitely at the top of the list of things to use to make a list! I'm already on the list, name's Tiffany, so a bit about? As my zone thing says, I live in AL, just north of the FL border, reformed work-a-holic, 7 years in the same house here is the longest I've ever lived in 1 dwelling, and no matter how many former house plants end up being hardy in the ground here, I still manage to find hundreds of sensitive ones to haul in the house for winter. I have just a couple big plants because I have more fun making tons of baby plants than leaving them alone for potential massiveification. I've been a house-plant-o-phile, GW'phile and outdoor gardener for a while but recently had enlightenment about the appeal of succulents so have been also popping in here often this past year. A lot of my interest started when I encountered mini gardens. Perfect for someone who loves tiny plants anyway.

Again, thanks to all for your input. It is greatly appreciated while I work out these details! I'm guessing now...that once you make particular pix viewable to the public, then they are public no matter what album they are in. Doesn't seem right, but maybe I'll figure out something else later. Thanks, Wes. Glad the pix are crisp. I don't like having the writing on the pix either, but have been forced in that direction (by this site's owners- TOS) & folks who have decided they can lift my pix without asking. Just trying to make it a tad more difficult to remove my name. I'm sure there are ways around it. At least I don't put name right across the middle, like proofs. Not sure what you mean about a tripod (do you see one?)...but no, I don't use one (should, but haven't gotten there yet). Christopher, I also use Picasa. I like it, but use it for things other than forums. While I'm here & thinking about it, trying a Picasa pic, to see if it works. Each online site has its pros & cons. I started with Photobucket...no, I take that back. I started with Photopoint! Anyone recall using that one? It went bankrupt (right after collecting my membership fee)! I paid WAY too much moola to get 16 CDs of pix back from the company that took over (Sony ImageStation??)! That was back when you had to scan all your pix into your computer! Sorry, I digress! Karen, not sure if it matters about Photobucket or Yahoo. I think those & Google are interconnected now. At least, with Flickr, I know I have to make the pic viewable by the public to be seen here by all, regardless of belonging to any particular online photo-hosting site. Thanks on the Aloe! Howard, I was thinking how to eliminate yearly fees I pay. Flickr offered a terabyte of space free, with higher resolution. I think I just figured out it won't make much difference to me having a free acct with Photobucket, so I will probably keep it. I don't upload high res pix there anyway. Will have 2GB of space free (have 22GB now that I don't use). All this exercise to figure out I need do NOTHING! Ha! I like to be able to do batch thumbnails from PB. Not sure that is available at any others. I was concerned about privacy issues. I still believe people can get your pix from Flickr via Google. At the site they can't, but there are other ways. I have found my pix on the web, on other peep's sites/blogs. Not nice! This link ~same as one below, should take you to our latest succulents ~of a different fare (OT -so I won't mind if you guys aren't interested-just some things keeping me busy these days). I've got to stop. This is getting quite long-winded! Thanks for your help!! http://flic.kr/s/aHsjFVBKXm Here is a link that might be useful: Succulent babes -horsey kind

Today I went to a couple of nurseries and the plant sale in Ft. Worth. I was looking at some plants and it dawned on me that it was Jolana's plant in the contest so I wrote the name down. Gosh this is such a wonderful prize. I don't know which one to pick. Decisions...Decisions!