It is true that if you (a homeowner) puts down some wheat straw (that is what it is called, not sure if it is really wheat), some seeds germinate and send up some tall grass. This is an annual and will disappear after a time (especially once you start mowing). There is another thing ... when road work is done, the crews spread down a mat of pre-seeded "stuff" on slopes and that sprouts and grows like crazy. Hopefully that is a combination of fast growing "grass" and long term grass, but I don't know what it is. You might could call DOT or some county department of roads and ask them if it is edible (and I imagine they will say No for liability reasons) or at least ask them what kind of seed it is. Or you could look on the web and see if you find any definition of these products. See link below. Here is a link that might be useful: Section 716Erosion Control Mats (Slopes)

I'm not sure why we have so many hummers - just increased to 13 feeders and have to fill all 13 daily. Not unusual to see all 5-6 flowers of each feeder occupied. Now using 30 lbs sugar per week. I'm no expert but here are a few observations: 1. the number of hummers increased dramatically one summer when we put out several more feeders than hummers. I think that once the hummers figure out there is no competition for food they seem to spend more time feeding and less time defending the feeder. 2. We live in the country and it is fairly dry throughout the year so the liquid/water source is sort of scarce. Maybe the hummers need the liquid as well as the sugar content. 3. Because we don't have extensive landscaping (we have a low producing well) we don't have a lot of flowering plants so flowering plants for hummers are scarce unlike the city environment where everybody has flowering plants in their yards. 4. We have a chinese flame tree just a few yards fom the feeders - very dense coverage for the hummers to hide in. 5.Houses in this area are separated by at least 5 acres so the hummers don't have a lot of neighborhood feeders to choose from. Cheapest souce of 30 oz feeders I have found are from Lowes - you can order over the internet, very cheap shipping ( I have no association with lowes).

Joanie38, the bridge you refer to is the other Chesapeake Bay Bridge - it crosses the bay down at the bottom in VA. I've been on that one once years ago but I don't remember much about it. Annie, I used to drive the Deegan all the time. I went to Fordham in the Bronx, lived for a time up in Westchester as well as in Manhattan. I've driven pretty much every highway around NYC. None of them are much of a pleasure, especially in the South Bronx! Allison, I've only had the one panic attack. The first few times I had to use the bridge following the panic attack, I used a variety of mental/physical exercises on my approach to the bridge and was able to stave another attack off when I could feel my heart starting to beat faster. Now I just focus my mind on other things as I cross the bridge and have really just tried not to think about it at all. Interestingly, the way the bridge is designed, with separate spans, one eastbound and one westbound, I discovered that driving eastbound was fine. But westbound, the span has a different curve to it, so you can really see how high you are going and right as you near the top, the cement barriers change over to rails that allow you to see directly down below. Anyway, thanks for the advice about diet - I actually don't drink much alcohol and don't have caffeine at all, and very rarely smoked or processed meats. But I always have water with me when I'm driving, so I'll make sure to follow that advice! Unfortunately, there is no way though I could have taken my hands off the wheel during that panic attack to drink water! I didn't even realize what was happening until it happened. But now I know what the signs are so I can prepare myself in advance!

It is amusing - but I'm in my mid fifties, and both my grandmothers were working women. One managed a small, exclusive department store, and the other worked on the school board. That grandmother is still living at 99, and only retired at 79. They were both wonderful women, but they sure weren't sitting in a rocking chair or baking cookies.