I look out the window at my daylilies as soon as I get out of bed. Then I get on my walking clothes and do my back stretches before I walk through the garden on my way to do my morning walk. I walk back through the garden on my way back in for breakfast. After breakfast I usually go into the garden with my cup of tea and digital tape recorder and note what is opening for the first time and what is blooming for the last time. Then I grab my camera and start taking pictures and deadheading. I've been doing some liveheading in the evening, but I never finish when it's near peak. I do find it easier to kill the earwigs in the evening. Has anyone found that they seem to prefer certain daylilies? Chance Encounter seems to be an earwig motel! Fortunately it's located near the driveway so as I pluck off the blooms I can dump the little monsters on the driveway and stomp them! Val

I had already explored ta similar possibility here, Tricia, but first I'd have to live on the farm, which isn't going to happen for a couple more years. Michigan State University has a couple of somewhat similar programs, not surprising since they were the first Agricultural College in the United States. According to them it appears that it would not work here in my area at this time, due to many factors, including that our new Governor in his infinite wisdom has decided that teachers are an unfortunately necessary evil who are overcompensated in every way. School funding has been slashed and some are in such financial difficulties that they are being taken over by the Governor's "financial managers". Even University funds have been constricted and no new programs are being approved at this time. The second factor is that a large percentage of school age children in my county and the surrounding counties are farm kids, so going to "camp" doing something that they have to do everyday in the form of chores isn't a big draw. Finally, somewhere over 50% of the county's children are living at poverty level, so there's no extra money for camp, even if they wanted to go, and there are no funds to help due to factor #1. And, although I love Bud and Makayla and Madison, I'm really too impatient to deal with children on a large scale, LOL. It's also been mentioned that I might open a farmer's market, especially now that Michigan has passed the Cottage Food law, which would allow me to sell baked goods, jams, etc. in addition to garden products. MSU does have an incubator kitchen in the next county which is commercially approved, so a person could produce a product and sell it and MSU will help with marketing. That might work too. But first I've gotta live there... Annie

Sure. Sections of pressed tin ceilings, too, are often used on the wall. I love architectural elements being used as wall decor. I have an old wooden half moon window bought years ago at a rummage sale that I have used in multiple houses. Either sitting on a tall cabinet or hung on the wall. Also old carved plinth blocks look cool hung on a wall.

I am happy to see you have a proper Mask on. The accordion type, disposable type are just not the protection worth the trust people are putting in them! I sure hope we don't embrace yet ANOTHER disposable item we will fill landfills with!! Do the work. Wash your mask if you are worried. It's commonsense and RESPECT for all to wear a mask whenever you are inside a building. It isn't THAT difficult and truly it's best if you continue to stay home when at all possible. Wearing of masks will encourage this as they SUCK on hot days!!