I won't be able to make it this year - we are at softball tournaments every weekend until November. But, i am still trying to get everything in the ground from spring - it has lived quite well in the shade with water though! :) Nelson and others - i will have to get you the stuff i promised you in the spring. I will do it then i promise! :)

oh Susan I was just joking. I thought you were also hahahahahahaa SMILE and be happy. This is FUN...HUGS ANYBODY has any questions ..PLEASE ask....ALWAYS! ha ha not sure if I can answer it Dorothy. What do you mean? All the words on the collage used at least once? OK let me see if I can clarify the mistery: I made a collage with 25 pictures. Each picture has a name on what you see in the picture. YOUR job is to find the right word to each picture. You only have to write a word ONCE!! Then next time you post, you can use totally new words. Your goal is to get as many words matching the collage words as possible by the 18th. I keep track of the correctly guessed words of each one of you. Tonight I will tally up the scores after everone has posted...speack midnight lol. Just not sure how often you all wanna here the scores??? I do not want to discourage the players that did not guess a lot yet ;-) But like MJ when she guessed on the Frosty, she got a lot of other words just by guessing in that direction ...hint hint hahaha I will be back later Just to make sure nobody has any questions and FUN FUN FUN ...under the sun or snow or rain? Geeeeeee I rather have snow right now then rain. ta ta Lucy

Well, yeah, it does look like candles. Good job. And I approve your acceptance speech, Bev. Well done. Raining here, 2nd day, lots of new growth I betcha.Predicted at least one more day. DH, wearing a slicker, is out spreading mulch in the beds against the house to keep dirt from splashing up on the white stucco. What would I do without him.

Happy May!!!! I'm 38 weeks and soooooo happy Talon decided to wait until May. Yippee!!!! Barb, sorry I can't help. I do a small amount of selling, but not enough for a store quite yet. But I know we have a couple of pro's here that may be able to assist....MamaG?? Angie?? Who else?? Marea?? I'm still sifting through my email messages trying to find out who sent me a guess for Talon's birthday. Here's two more for Shirley to add to the list: Maryanne - Cinco de Mayo Cody - April 29 If you emailed me with a guess and I haven't posted it, plase let me know. I see Shirley picked May 7th....that's the day I was hoping for. It's DH's birthday. : ) Hi MaryS! Great to hear from you. I can certainly attest to the hard work it takes to keep 2 places going. We haven't cut grass at the new house yet....it will have to wait. I'd love to see some updated pics from the lake house when things start to bloom. I lost a few Hosta too. It was mostly my fault. I wasn't able to take care of things like I normally would have last Fall. But that's okay. It was worth it. : ) Nancy, I love Tradescantia. It blooms so long and seems to be a pretty fast multiplier, but never really gets out of control. Jo, how are ya'? I took a walk up by the pond yesterday and saw that I've got tons of plume poppy coming up. Maybe I can send some your way after Talon arrives?? Will you be ready for some? DH finished installing our 2nd skylight yesterday (they are in the 2 upstairs bathrooms) and he's ready to complete the shingles. He's got almost 2/3 done at this point. If it wasn't for last Saturday's rain he'd probably be done. He will be finished by this weekend for sure. Our weather forecast is beeeuuuuttteeeeful! I have the feeling he is going to dance the jig when he is nailing the last one on. We are going to be calling in an electrician and plumber soon. I insisted. I know DH would prefer to do the work, but i'd like to move in before Talon turns five, lol. Plus, he's got plenty of other things to do. He needs to start work on the septic system. So with that in mind, I will need to start getting my final plans for the kitchen & bathrooms done so I have the info. for the electrician & plumber. I've been looking forward to this part. Time for another rest.... Happy, happy May!! ~Dawn (mamabirrd) PS: Anyone watch the NFL draft? I'm pretty excited about our picks.