Cheryl and all the GW memmbers, Happy St Patrick's Day !! Happy Easter !! May you all have the luck O' the Irish, and a Blessed Easter.

Anneliese, that was just beautiful. Thank you so much for that lovely piece! '---Wishing you a rainbow For sunlight after showers----' I don't think there's anything quite like that rainbow hovering in the sky, that renews the human spirit quite so profoundly. That was perfect! Your piece reminded me of my dear departed Irish-Catholic MIL... She had a green thumb, she had Banties, goats, Arabians, Great Danes, birds, a monkey or two at times, and cats. When the nannies were due, she'd put them into the old-kitchen-turned-into-a-huge-bathroom, complete with the old pantry, where she'd put a 3' high board across the open doorway to keep her in. There was nothing like taking a bath with two kids bleating questions around the door jamb every two seconds... Then, at breakfast, she'd let Mama outside to graze for awhile and the kids would run free through the old farmhouse. Of course, if we were eating breakfast, they'd tippy-tap around and around the table, asking for hand-outs---so spoiled and cute. When Sun Raffa,the Arabian mare would foal, I'd help pull the babys' forelegs out. Her foals would always stand almost immediately. Eunice would always tell me to go sit on a hay bale afterwards, while Napper-Dapper (nickname) cleaned her always-beautiful foal. Then the placenta would come. Napper would always quietly come over and thank me with a nuzzle to my head and a soft, "wump-wump" in my ear. Tears of joy would roll down my cheeks. We both had our babies and we recognized each other as kindred spirits.

Good morning to all! Lucy, I love that color of cosmos. When I sowed some poppy seeds in a long rectangular pot, I put a piece of lattice on top because I knew the birds would be having a field day eating up the seeds! Of course you can't cover up the ground when you scatter wildflower seeds so don't know what the solution would be. Hope more flowers are just slow starting for you.

Hi Connie... Not one's typical choice for the wearing of green! :) Hope you have a speedy and full recovery. Good advice for the caregivers. I, too, am thankful for what I did for my parents. ~breezy