Well, really your condolences should go to the woodchucks. ( wink, wink) The big one was 40 pounds. My DH used to like to sneak up on him and scare him half to death. I would sneak up and clang a ladle against a pot and scare the dickens out of him. But alas, I think the eats in my garden were too good to leave, so he kept coming back. Then there were two.......now there are none. The damage they do is incredible in just a short time. He would devour my front garden and when it was all eaten to the ground would move to the back. By the time he was done in the back, the front would have grown in a little, so he would move back out front to start the eating cycle again. And so it went all spring and summer. If only there was a way I could channel them to do some proper pruning of the perennial garden. I think I need a woodchuck whisperer! I have voles too and at least in my garden they pale in comparison to what a single woodchuck can do.

Ah, c'mon! Nobody can pick just one!

Christmas - if I'm ready!

There are very few rose colors I don't like, but as much as I like lavender roses, I must admit that when my eye catches sight of a yellow rose, my heart lifts up in joy! In my garden-- Berolina See how cheerful Berolina is in a garden full of color! She is right in my line of vision when I look out my kitchen window. Molineux--I enjoy some apricot hues in yellow roses also, but sometimes Molineux gives pure yellow blooms. Well-Being--often has a thin outline of red around edge of newly opened blooms--quite charming. Jeri Jennings--a pale yellow The Pilgrim climber is a most delicate pale yellow/white. Easter Basket usually opens with a blend of pale yellow/white, but takes on lots of pink hues as the blooms mature. I'm stretching it a bit with Lady of Shalott, but sometimes--as in this pic--she shows a lot of yellows mixed in with her more usual apricots. But I do like lavenders also--and reds--and light pinks, medium pinks, hot pinks, etc. And bi-colors and blends. . . . Kate