Great picture and crystal clear. I see that you use the same type of round feeder that I use. They work great. Sounds like the hummers are getting use to you!

Hi everyone, Oh, thanks for the warm welcome to "the club". :o) Joan~ we own a home in CA already. This house in AL will be a 2nd home for us. kelly~ I was wondering if I kept missing your photos. I do understand the "mess" thing. I'll look forward to your pictures. You know I still have our purchased plans for your house's "cousin", and someday...... *wink* Allison~ You'll have to clue me in on great places to antique. I keep pinching myself that we are REALLY going to be in the south. We LOVE the south. And we've met our neighbors and they are genuinely amazing. That true "southern hospitality" and all that. So happy this all worked out! :o) Chisue~ You are so funny. Everyone that looks at the house tells us that we should have named one of our daughter's "Scarlett". And our little neighbor girl already wants to come over and drink lemonade on our front porch... Thanks for the sweet words everyone. And Charliedawg, you're right. We did indeed get a headstart on building our home. I'm not the greatest at visualizing a home from a flast sheet of paper (the blueprints or floorplan) so this almost feels like I get to cheat..... LOL!!

I've just been reading a book written by a doctor who is investigating the reality of people who experience "visits" by loved ones who have died. In my opinion, they are very real. After all, electricity dissapates but does not disappear, and after all, isn't our consciousness electro-chemical in nature? Why is it so hard to imagine that our loved ones are on a plane where what they have is the electrical energy, and thus, use it to communicate with us. How many people have reported having lights or electrical appliances go on or off, and the distinct feeling the loved one is at the core of the activity? Is this so far out in left field that we can't accept it? I do. There is also research into the area of the brain we don't use very much of. It has been suggested that this is the area that is used by people who can detect auras. Auras have been documented by electro-mechanical devices, and photographed using a form of x-ray. We do emit a magnetic field around out entire bodies, is it the "spirit" part of us, and this is what remains after our bodies die? Think about it. My mom and dad came to me in a dream together, 2 weeks after my mom's death, very real, almost "tangible" dream. But the message I received from this dream was that they were together, and happy. I drew a great deal of comfort from this. If it was their "spirit" letting me know they were happy, together again, then all I can say is, "Thank God"

Is this one of the trees from your friend in Thailand? Just beautiful Jericson. What a great job of growing. Is your mentor Jalandar? Rick