your email must be in non functional mode---replied to your email on the 12th----have PP cactus cuttings boxed and ready to go to you---with a surprise (peanut cactus cuttings too) let me know if you still want them

I also missed the ship date for Strozzapreti, but from Snowpeakiris.com, whose last ship date was August 26. So if anyone out there has enough of this iris to trade with the previous post-er and me as well, that would be great. I have a decent variety of irises.

Catharine, that why I just stick with the post office and never use UPS. They broke a couple of lamps for my boss, a coffee pot for the office, several items from various places for me including a birthday gift for my Stepmother from Pfaltzgraf. Nope, I stick with the Post Office, they can get a dozen eggs to NYC by priority mail without breaking them, I've had much better luck with them than with UPS, although they do take longer sometimes. Annie

Robin, I am so sorry about your Dad and Julian, hope they are both better. Sounds like you have not had a very good day. When I tore into my package the first thing I saw was the colander, it is beautiful and will sit on my counter until needed and I will use it. You couldn't know how many times I have thought about ordering the ramekins, those are just perfect gifts for me! I love the microplane, just makes the one I bought look like, well what it is, a hand held grater. You know how much I will use the ladle, I am really excited about it, how handy and canning season is getting close! I said I would let DH claim the strawberry jam, well it is already almost gone, it is so good. I don't make strawberry jam, strawberries don't grow to well here. Vermont Maple grade B syrup, if you haven't tried it then you don't know what you are missing. I don't think I have ever tasted anything like it. I thought I had bought Vermont maple syrup, but it didn't taste anything like this. It is wonderful, I think I could drink it out of the can. Thank you again, Robin!