I have used one of those month at a glance office organizers for years. I buy a new one each year. Every sunday afternoon I take a 10-15 minutes walk around the garden and write down bed by bed what is in bloom or otherwise making itself attractive. I do not note when it emerged, who it is taking to the prom or any other irrelevant data. I note combinations if they strike me. I will also note when I planted something. Short like: planted alstromeria in driveway bed. The back of the office organizer has a note section for things I intend to do in the fall or next spring. Like plant more blah blahs in the driveway bed next to the alstromeria. In the winter I have a bed by bed week by week list of what was of interest. (Except for August when I hate my garden and do not go out in it.) By making the sunday ritual simple and unambitious, I can keep up with it. This year to ensure I knew where the tulips were in the fall, I supplemented this notebook with short 1 minute videos of the major beds that I took with my digital camera in video mode. Again simple video walking down the bed verbally noting that the tulips were right next to the tree peony half way to the dogwood. Boring video one minute. But next fall I'll have the time to watch it before I add more blah blahs. KISS

I am glad the Butterfly escaped.... I helped a Monarch get free from an Argiope web yesterday (her web is a bit high for my taste)...interestingly enough, the spider wasn't paying any interest in the B-fly....guess they prefer the grasshoppers which is just fine with me :0) I may have to move her if it happens again...

Sorry for the delay in responding, but I'm dealing with a houseful of sick kids. I tried hooking up the antenna cable directly to the TV and got the same "static/no picture" for VHF only as before, so I'm assuming it must be a connection problem with the antenna on the roof. The point of entry into the house is still intact (it's one continuous length of coax), so that leaves a connection from the VHF portion of my antenna as the probable culprit. Correct? Steve_O, I have no clue why the the VCR is functioning as an antenna, but it is. I have the aforementioned problem, yet when I turn the VCR on and put the TV in Video mode (using the VCR remote for switching channels) I get a great picture for VHF. I have the antenna coax line running into the VCR and then into the TV set. When it was working, I could tune in stations (even weak ones) with the antenna, depending on where I rotated it, whether or not the VCR was on. But even back then, if the antenna was at a less than optimal position for a VHF station, as long as the VCR was on and the TV in Video mode, I'd still get a great picture. I just assumed there was some sort of electronic antenna built into my VCR (Panasonic) or it was somehow using my house wiring as a giant antenna. Strange. Anyway, guess I'm going to have to wait until it thaws out a bit before I can inspect it up there unless anyone can think of anything else to try. Thanks for the help.

It might be time to call Canon. It's still under warranty, right? If so, I'd want them to take a look at it.