Masswitch, You are so fortunate to have chair angels who make deliveries! Wow! I have a forties(?) stationary glider. Nothing fancy but so comfy to sit upon and a nice glider-rock. It's just like the one my Grandparents had in California - pretty certain it would have been from the 40s. I was born in the early 50s and their glider was old when I was little. They also had a big bench swing that was hung from A-frames. Mine was pretty rusty. I just repainted it in November. I chose my favorite color that I use for the house and garden, Antique Billiard Green. Can't find cushions to fit it though, and can't find sheets of foam big enough to make my own. All the new seat cushions are for settee sized seats or smaller. This glider seats four good-sized adults or six-to-eight very wiggly little ones. (lol) Thanks for the LINK about Powder Coating, Natalie. I couldn't afford to have it done, at least not now, but it sounds awesome! The paint on my chairs is already starting to chip a little. Will have to sand and repaint in late spring. Ugh. The colors I chose are my grandkids favorites. One for each kid. They were thrilled! I need more chairs, though, as my family has grown. There are six grands now. But two of the girls both like purple, one of the boys likes blue, another lime and another likes orange, so even though I don't have enough chairs, I have all their favorite colors. Don't know what color will be the new baby's favorite, but he is tending towards red so far. :) I am on the lookout for more chairs. GG, Today it is sunny and much warmer, like mid-spring. My kind of weather in winter. Going out to take care of the wild birds and chickens here in a bit - in my short-shorts and flip-flops. Weird weather, but I love it. Going to add more mulch around some of the more tender plants, like my precious Gardenias, so their tootsies don't freeze-dry-burn. Glad for the reprieve in the weather so I can get out of this house for awhile. :) I am not a winter person. Oh, I can find ways to enjoy it, and even appreciate it, but don't really care for it, no, no, not one bit. The snow is pretty while it is falling and accumulating - glad for the moisture too, but overall I don't do well in cold climates. Nope. Take care everyone and be careful in this wintry weather, wherever you are located. Remember - Global Warming means that first the Earth's temp will rise, causing major flooding, severe storms, more rain, more snow, meaner hurricanes (typhoons) and more widespread tornadoes in places where they never happened before with devastating results. The weather patterns change resulting in inland drought and coastal flooding. The Ice Caps and ancient glaciers are melting at a phenomenal rate and that will dilute the sea salt in the oceans. The salt in the ocean is what causes the ocean waters to rise and fall, creating the ocean currents. Without the high levels of salt, this action stops. As a result, the Gulf Stream that keeps the Northern Hemisphere warmer will cease to flow. When that happens, the bottom will drop out and the northern Hemisphere will plunge into an Ice Age. It has happened many times on earth before - certainly nothing new, but man's pollution in the atmosphere is boosting that to happen at a much greater and quicker rate. We might not be causing it, but we sure as hell are amping it up and making the effects much worse! We are seeing this process happen right now. ~ Off my soap box now. ~Annie

Unfortunately I was out of commission and unable to participate in the original vote. Papou would have loved being honored so, and his would have been my first choice. My second would have been Ken's. The leaf size and definition does it for me. Wendy's is also very lovely and would make a beautiful opening page picture.

Thanks for the photos, Steve. Hope your plants make out as well after this snowstorm! Leslie

Huge blizzard headed our way here in New England for tomorrow. Strong winds will cause a lot of damage to the trees etc. and power outages. We haven't had to deal with anything like this for a couple of years. We have been very lucky. I am sure there will be many beautiful pictures.