Sherry, when I received the email notification that you had commented on my blog, the address line of the sender (you) was this: sherryocala [noreply-comment@blogger.com] You get email replies to your comments from me because I already have your email address. I just get it from my contacts folder. When setting up your Blogger profile, you have to actively check the "show email address" option, otherwise your email is hidden. Many folks do this on purpose, thinking that providing their email will be a wide-open door to Spam City. My email is available on my blog, and here on GW, and I can't say that I have noticed any increase in spam because of it. It's all in the way that I blog. I skip around reading blogs ... many of which come from sidebar blog lists of other blogs I enjoy ... and I lose track of where I've been. If a blogger uses the comment section for a reply, chances are that I will never see it. (You can subscribe to comment replies on blogger blogs ... I did that once on a very popular blog, and my inbox was inundated with everyone's replies.) I think of personal comment replies as Thank You notes ... it's just what I do, and I feel bad when I can't send a personal reply. Just this morning, I had two lovely comments from folks that I couldn't contact personally. I commented on the blog, and I hope they see it. Other readers got personal replies, with our dear Professor Roush receiving a continuation to a comment conversation that started between the two of us on his blog ... which is FABULOUS, BTW.

Hey all bloggers, if you want a GREAT, FREE photo editing software you must must must try PhotoScape. It is so incredibly easy to use. Start at view. Click your image to bring it up into the main tray. Do your changes down at the bottom. It has unlimited undo. When you get it like you want it just click save and it will save to your hard drive in JPG. Then you can just grab it while you're in blogger directly from your hard drive. To add text and other very cool things like frames, texture etc to your pictures it's just a matter of clicking or typing it's that easy! I tried several photo editing sites to do my Header and what a PIA. This was so simple and I'm so happy! Just thought I'd pass it on. Check out my new header! http://quiltedhills.blogspot.com MeMo - who is going back to play with it some more! Here is a link that might be useful: PhotoScape Free Download

I have tried to list my blog at Gardenvoices, but each time, it doesn't work - I can't seem to contact anyone about adding it. When I use the provided contact link for adding my blog to the list, I get back an email that says "undeliverable." I also tried the 'Contact Us" feature here at Garden Web at the bottom of the page (to ask them about this problem,)but it says "error," and something along the lines of 'we don't answer gardening questions...' So... if anyone can help me figure this problem out, I would be grateful. I'd love to add my blog to the listing! My blog is about my personal adventures (misadventures?) in vegetable gardening. Please read it! You can also get it via email or in a reader. Thanks! Here is a link that might be useful: Johno's Gardening Blog

hey Donna, I know your hurting. As Ken suggested I hope maybe somehow this was the other male and not the pop....but none the less it is a BB loss and always hard. I wont get any popularity votes here for my next statement BUT. This is NOT the cats fault, I understand 100% why you dont want to send it to a kill animal shelter. I had 2 drop off stray last fall killing some birds around my feeders...I took care of that alright...they will never kill my birds again! They will just sit in my lap and purr for the rest of their lives and never step foot outside again. I know not everybody can do that. Sometimes as hard as it seems a ferill cat is better being put down than suffering from disease, attacks from the wild Coyotes and such and cars. That cat could be responsible for many more bird killing cats soon. There are many places that will capture spay/neture and release these cats. i have heard non breeing cats are less likley to hunt for sport than in tact cats, not sure if thats true. Anyway thanks for caring about the cat too. Let me know if I can help get that cat to a shelter or foster home. Good luck on another nesting!