The contest is officially over!! and if I can ever get this phat cat photo to cross over you'll see the phat lady sing! Thank you all for the warmth and humor you've shared - I really need it now that we're not going to see 10F for another week. (-30F windchills for the next 4 days - yes, sympathy please). SO! It's up to the judges now, the panel of 4 has their work cut out for them. We're picking 1 winner in the pond (aquarium) catagory, and 1 in the non-pond related catagory. Each winner will have $25 donated in their pet's name to HSDM. And as I've told the judges, every photo here is fair game, because while some photos are of the pet involved in their OCD behavior, other pix are of the pets and the stories are of their OCD behavior. And, yes, the owner's OCD! We're all family here and a picture of Aunt Mable snoozing in the Lazy Boy may bring up fond memories of that great Thanksgiving when she got a little tipsy and fell asleep before the pecan pie! There's often alittle history behind a photo. Winners will be announced SUPER BOWL Sunday! Thanks everybody!

I guess cherry tomatoes don't count. My Sungold has had fruit for a little while now. Stil have to get close enough to Nebraska Wedding to check.

I love color!! Its been somewhat hard for me to stick to neutrals. I decided to go with traditional neutrals that flow with the original woodwork and add color where it is fairly easy to change... I am having one wall cabinet made to look like an old random cabinet that I just happened to come across. It will be a bright yellow and something I can repaint if I decide to change things up down the road. I really wanted subway tile in one of those pretty greens or blues but decided on a safe cream color. In decorating this house, especially my bedroom, I have really learned how gorgeous the right mix of neutrals can be!

Well I feel rather tame with my babies, they are still newborns.... and our web server is playing up so I can't even post piccies. Very annoyed as I took a heaps of photos of the new 4-bed veggie patch complete with snow peas, potatoes, eggplant, chilli and tommies. Capsicums are still foetal - we left them a little later to see if that would help them out. Ground is still a little cold for them I think. I too am joining the green-with-envy club... Mantis I can't believe your tommies are so big already! We have fruit on the Broad Ripple Yellow Currant and the Jaune Flamme. Also in the plot and all with flowers: Cherokee Purple, Kelloggs Breakfast, Roma San Marzano, Principe Borghese, Brandywine Suddeth.