Most excellent, Larissa! Babies rock! I discovered a baby growing alongside my Sumatra, and my Germa bulbs both have several new babies! Yee-Ha! "Love is like a bomb, Baby, c'mon get it on!" Can you guess what's blasting my eardrums this morning? "Pour some sugar on me... in the name of love... Pour some sugar on me... c'mon fire me up!" Oh Yeah! My fav band of all time! I'm so old... Back to the hippis... I've noticed a lot of new growth on several of my bulbs... and 3 out 4 of my Papilios are pushing up new green leaves! Outside the windows... it's frigidly cold... a whopping 17 degrees... and the mega snow is falling, or I should say, blowing... sideways!! A very good day to stay in and listen to some music... with a cup of hot coffee in one hand!

The picture of various grasses in a garden setting is wonderful. And yes, Plantmaven has done a beautiful landscaping job and most amazing of all has done it quickly! The before and after pictures are very helpful. And yes again, before I got online I used to clip pictures out of gardening magazines. Now I go to garden galeries. There was a poll on the Cottage Garden discussions page and I was surprised to read that a large percentage of the people reading the main page didn't even realize there was a Cottage Garden Gallery. Below is a link to the Texas Gallery. The link is also at the top right of the GW Texas 'Discussions' page, as well as the link to the 'Conversations' page. Plantmaven Kathy has also posted some wonderful pictures on the 'What's blooming in my world' thread in the gallery. Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Garden Gallery

I am so glad you all enjoyed the swap. I too can not wait to see these seeds bloom. That is a great quote, Brenda. I know I'll be planting these seeds and prayin' they bloom for me. Lol--(my first year at "real" WS). I must say that it would have been better for me to play around with my seeds on New Years Eve also. Then maybe I would have spent New Years day with my head in a bag of potting soil rather than in the toilet!!!! LOL--just joking but I did have to recover from the festivities for days!!!!!! I'll be thinking of some new swap ideas. Thanks again to all!!!! Dawn

We just hid our microwave in a tall cabinet. You can't see it & yet it's easily accessible. Just make a hole in the back for the cord. And it's not built in so if it breaks we can just replace it. LOVE IT TOO!