She is so cute! Trolls will definitely put a smile on your face. Jenni sent me a "cancer sucks" troll. She went with me for my chemo treatments. Someone here at the KT named her Chemo-Sabe. She has put hundreds of smiles on my face.

Score! I hear you on the cost of fuel oil. We try to fill up one time in the early Spring when the cost is hopefully coming down. We primarily burn wood. So far we have been able to get by with one tank of oil per winter. It is a lot of work to cut, haul, split and stack wood. Then throw it in the basement a load at a time when we start burning. But it is waaaaay cheaper.

If you look close you can see the Y.Rostrata,variegated Y.Aloifolia Y.Gloriosa,Opuntia(behind the black rock)Hesperaloe...the 2 Agave in front were supposed to be Parryi and Havardiana but were not and immediatly melted,I have no idea how the Agave in front of the Aloifolia got there,the Aloifolia was removed 2 years later,just to big @ over 6'. <a href="http://s297.photobucket.com/user/orbea641/media/6-21-08016.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm220/orbea641/6-21-08016.jpg" border="0" alt="cactus and succulent garden photo 6-21-08016.jpg"/></a> <a href="http://s297.photobucket.com/user/orbea641/media/Spring%202015/101_0130_zpsmmo0qmvk.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm220/orbea641/Spring%202015/101_0130_zpsmmo0qmvk.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 101_0130_zpsmmo0qmvk.jpg"/></a> <a href="http://s297.photobucket.com/user/orbea641/media/Spring%202015/101_0126_zps4yzmhe43.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm220/orbea641/Spring%202015/101_0126_zps4yzmhe43.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 101_0126_zps4yzmhe43.jpg"/></a> <a href="http://s297.photobucket.com/user/orbea641/media/Spring%202015/101_0136_zpspipbrwzc.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm220/orbea641/Spring%202015/101_0136_zpspipbrwzc.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 101_0136_zpspipbrwzc.jpg"/></a> an old but colorful protection method. <a href="http://s297.photobucket.com/user/orbea641/media/Winterprotection013.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm220/orbea641/Winterprotection013.jpg" border="0" alt="12-5-08 photo Winterprotection013.jpg"/></a> <a href="http://s297.photobucket.com/user/orbea641/media/Winterprotection010.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm220/orbea641/Winterprotection010.jpg" border="0" alt="12-05-08 photo Winterprotection010.jpg"/></a> <span style='display:block !important; width: 170px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px;'><a href='http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Fairfield, IA' title='Fairfield, IA Weather Forecast'><img src='http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/weathersticker/miniDial/language/english/US/IA/Fairfield.gif' alt='Find more about Weather in Fairfield, IA' /></a><br><a href='http://www.wunderground.com' title='Get latest Weather Forecast updates' style='font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px;'>Click for weather forecast</a></span>

Zantedeschia aka Calla. Don't be surprised if it disappears. They go dormant.