Hi Pat, good to hear from your. That is so great you got to meet Janice. I am jealous and wish I could have been there. I hope you both took lots and lots of pictures. What a dream trip. I haven't forgotten about posting some pictures soon. On some level my brain is trying to organize it for when I get a longer time at the computer. Today is is raining (first time in ages) so I thought I'd do a quick one with the birds. I see I left one extra picture in there - oh well... We were quite content with the reslults that they all flew away and got a chance to live. My hubby was especially quite taken with them. Brody is just fine though often in trouble for wandering down to the neighbors. They have a Pyrneese (? sp) and the two dogs are best buddies. The trouble is we don't trust Brody in case Saber is shut up. He has gone as far as the Trans Canada hwy. once or twice. It's a mile away but Brody like action and I'm afraid we are pretty boring. A few weeks ago Brody was let out at night after dark. This is usually safe as I don't think he sees that well and never goes far. That night he didn't come back until 3:30 in the AM. I found out he was attending a garden wedding of some other neighbors. Everyone loved him.

I planted hollyhocks a couple years ago and they never came up again. My 'huskers red' penstemon is great. It does spread seeds like crazy so I got smart and cut them off this year before they had a chance to fall. I've had so many come up that I've replanted babies in other areas of the garden and even given a bunch away. I'm in York and it keeps it's color somewhat all year. I'm with you on the clearance plants! Love them!!!!

I'd like to request from Fran 1 Troical White Canna 1 Jewel of Opar 1 offers of 3 bulbs/sets Egyptian Walking Onion they MAY not have tops on them BUT I just put them in dirt so the SHOULD by shipping time 1 offers Agastashe Honey Bee Blue 1 Thalia dealbeta (Water Canna) 1 Hosta S. Elegans 1 Pennywort Start 1Daylily Romantic Rose these are starts 1 E.T.Fingers Jade Plant Fran you keep this up your're gona need an 18 wheeler LOL I'm not far behind ya.:o) HI to everybody else I hope you all are getting what what you want, Have Great day!

My mother had a similar saying, but with her, she half believed it was a true omen. It was a legend that came from her pioneer family. Her version was, "If a bird strikes a window, its a warning that a death will soon happen or already has happened." The difference here is that a bird smashes into the window, not one that approaches in a controlled fashion to peck away. This legend struck fear in the hearts of many mothers during the Civil War where a close family member might have been far away on a battlefield and communications poor or slow. Belief in this omen may have increased during that war because deaths were high from battles, accidents, and diseases and the probability of a family member being affected was high.