You are welcome anytime, Idabean. Glad your plants are doing well and do as orchid126 suggests. I don't think you need 'big guns' yet unless the aphids get worse. Happy Spring to you too! Jane

Betty, so sorry to hear about your DH, but be glad he's on the mend and can now enjoy summer with you & the family. It's always something, isn't it??? My son was in track and I remember all the practices & the meets, but I LOVE track & field events so I was at every one of them through grade school & highschool with him. My oldest grandson tried track & he just doesn't have his dad's genes I guess, now he's great at almost every sport, especially if it involves balance, he was "dropping in" on the big vert ramp on his skateboard when he was 4, but he seems to have lead in his butt when it comes to running & track. Guess he'll stick to his guitar & cycling! I bet your son does make state if the did that well his first year! I'm just like you, I LOVE digging in the earth, all my nails are gone as soon as spring arrives. Everyone says "why don't you wear gardening gloves" I hate them, I want to feel the soil, get in there & get dirty & you are right, if I'm not dirty & sweaty by nite time, I did not have a good day in the yard!!! LOL And, like you, have back & shoulder problems, but if we let that stop us, we deprive ourselves of one more simple pleasure in this life, so I plod onward & continue to work in my yard, despite the problems!!! I will be mostly lurking too, unless I have some pics from yard sales to share.

I see pictures! I like the crispness of the contrasting white/teal. You are very proud of your children as we all are! Good job! Just a side note, I would worry with that picture over the crib like that- it could possibly fall on his head!

Yep sjerin, she is exactly 4 1/2 months old! And yes, she was our little surprise! :) Thank you for all the nice comments and good wishes for our house...I'll keep you updated. It will be a big change for us. Our current house is a mobile home we bought new 16 years ago, 2 bedrooms and one bath. The house we are in the process of buying is 4 bedrooms and 2 baths, and is also 3 floors including the basement, so it will be a nice change for us :)