I have hardy garden mums, a white swan echinacea or some crosocsima bulbs. Are you interested in trading for any of those plants? thank you Sharon Cash~Great Trader (on PlantSwap) zone 7

Actually,Herb, my friend's is about 3 to 4 feet high..... the body granite stone is the size of a good watermelon.... the R-bar legs are realistically crooked while the web-feet are a triad of short delta-shaped 6 to 8 inch pieces of R-bar..... the neck and head are well-shaped pieces...a very strikingly beautiful 'sculpture'..... and I believe he purchased this about 10 years ago for less than 100 dollars somewhere on the island.... I need to press him further to try to remember just where he got it.... Yes, Nitobe is exquisite.... my family home is not far from it.... and my still gardening 90 year old mother loves to visit such gems....I took her out to Chilliwack recently to see Minter Gardens.... what a beautiful place.... have you been there? They have an exhibit in a pagoda=like structure that has astoundingly old hunks of jade or jade-like rock that are so evocative of craggy Chinese mountains....undoubtedly a very valuable collection....I particularly liked the little accompanying figurines...fish boats...temples...etc that were nestled well and appropriately in the jade mountain's orbit....I would like to have a small facsimile somewhere in my rockscape.... I need to find out what this exhibit is called so I can research a bit. Also I would like to have a NOT-so miniature 'tabled' Zen garden and its appropriate components somewhere out ..... so I could satisfy my inner RAKE and his need to pattern seas of readily-responsive sand! So much to do...lol.... sorry you had to be thwarted by 'proletarian philistines' on your horticultural pilgrimage..... alas we are never immune to the fly-works in our intended ointments.... ;o) Thanks,Ron

R Is For âÂÂRow of Jet Skisâ This picture was taken in Little River, SC. This picture was taken with a âÂÂCanon SX10 ISâ camera. Have A Nice Day Linesman

These are great shots! Ron, you're looking good. Konrad, you're looking good your flying squirrel is looking good, too. :-) Susan, that's a cute planter! Linda, I've never seen a redbud tree closeup like that. Linesman, I think I visited that museum in 1953. Is that possible? Carol, that is RED! When my DH and I were first married, we had a gorgeous hibiscus houseplant (stolen from his mother's greenhouse). Gmom, lovely reflections. Crunchpa, very clever!Clairdo, you've convinced me....I'm gonna relax. R is for Rudbeckia (plus a fly):