I love that boot Jeanne! And I luv all Your stuff, man this forum is such a great place to hang out...Totally Inspirational! I am a crazy woman...My friend Glen has showed up this weekend and we already went and got more rock for my pond and castle base and for around the bog garden...got this boot, and have just painted> and am putting up my first project with the free wood I scored, trying to work on the castle in free minutes...Plus did a backyard makover for a gal for her birthday...pics to come, she is def one of us...garage sailing/thrift storing...sheesh!

LL, I've got the Semps in the ground mapped, and then I lose some Semps (to close to a building wall for winter - they lost their snow insulation) and then the map. Ah, the plants don't care. Ryan, It is a new cultivar, but don't tell anyone. And don't stop 'til you get enough. Colleen, When I read your comment, my brain asked me 'What Gasteria?'. Then I looked again - thanks for the eagle-eyed observation. Wes, Most of the pots I buy from thrift stores don't have holes, but in 2013 all plants in not-so-pretty pots are getting moved into pretty ones. Greta and teen, Thank you. Tom, Thanks. As you might guess, it depends on the materials. Looking at the fruits of Ryan's inspiration, you'll see the first thing necessary is the spade (glass / tile) bit. I don't see any evidence of water there (I use it to cool the bit as I'm drilling, which makes the drilling go more easily and saves a bit of wear on the bit). It's really dependent on the material - what I see in Ryan's pic is pretty representative of what I usually find in pots. It helps to scratch an 'X' into the material with a scribe / nail set so the bit doesn't roll. Start out slow and gradually turn up the torque (if your drill has that). Most of the time fired clay will yield to the spade bits, but sometimes you can use masonry bits (terra-cotta especially).

Donna--I sent you and many others 8-10 cuttings each last year from my old house that my son now has. I am not sure if this is one of the cuttings you received from me but if so I think that might be the Georgia Peach. However, since I can't be sure-just keep it as a noid, and enjoy it. If it is GP you will really love it!! I am glad you are now among the addicted! Linda

I guess I wish instead of a knee jerk "this is different and I don't like it!" reaction, people could be secure enough in themselves and their own identities to say something like: "Wow, I've never had those thoughts and feelings about my gender but clearly this other person has...how interesting that we don't all go through life on the same path." NYT and CBC have been giving time to Elinor Burkett, previously known as the woman who Kanye'd the Oscars, to tell everyone that men and women's brains are exactly the same and that it's periods and growing up in fear for your physical safety that make a woman (because trans people don't have to worry about violent attacks). So since she's never had a period, Caitlyn in no way knows what it's like to be a woman and why don't those angry trans folks shut up already (PS she apparently thinks that not only are trans women not women, but trans men are also not women? I wonder how she feels about women who've never ovulated?). Who in the world thinks there's only one way to be a woman?! I hope to God I have more in common with Laverne Cox than this kook, at least in terms of class, empathy and intelligence. It's jerks like this that give feminism such a bad name.