KC, I hope that Monarch starts showing an interest in laying eggs at your place. If only we could just say, "Lay" and they'd lay. :) The one I posted about turned out to be a male and has been here nectaring on the butterfly bushes every day since. Your saying that you saw a Red Admiral gives me hope yet for this year. My poor false nettles are just sitting up there not getting used. I'm glad that I got to raise some last year though. The butterflies I'm not seeing here this year that I usually see are Red Admirals, Common Buckeyes, and Monarchs (except for this male). Angie, Thanks, and yes, a person is pretty lucky this year to even see a Monarch. To have one lay eggs would be a real special occasion. I'd be really surprised to be able to raise any here this year. I'd raise as many as I could now, knowing what bad shape they're in. I brought in some Pipevine Swallowtails to raise and have about 30 now. I saw that the Giant Swallowtail that was here for awhile left me some eggs on the gas plants. I'm leaving them out there, though, because I always have trouble with the tiny cats dying when I bring in the eggs. They're the only species that I have trouble with that happening. So I figure they're better off outside until they at least grow a little and then I bring them in. The mama seems to have much preferred the gas plants this year over the rue. Just like when they lay on the rue, she laid mostly all of her eggs on the seed heads. I still haven't seen any buckeyes this year, but the snapdragons are waiting for them in the garden if they decide to show up. I'm glad that you've been having such a good butterfly year and got to raise Zebra Swallowtails and Spicebush Swallowtails. I haven't seen any zebras here at all yet (BAMONA doesn't have them as being reported for my county and I don't think the surrounding counties either, so my expectations aren't high), but the paw paw trees are growing nicely. I do a weekly check of the trees just in case one would show up and lay eggs. I finally got around to planting a wafer ash tree to replace the paw paw tree that had died. I still have a few more wafer ash to plant outside but not sure where to put them yet. Although I've had spicebushes here for at least 5 years and have seen SBST here flying around every year, I have yet to find any cats on the spicebushes. Maybe they lay their eggs on the sassafras trees that are in the woods beside us. Some came up on their own along the edge and I've left them grow. The more host plants the better. Cathy

I certainly wouldn't make the "Hoarder's" show with filth. I can make it presentable to my MIL within the time she pulls in the driveway and gets to the front door! The floor needs vacuuming more often than not, but that's got to change now that baby is crawling! grrr, I hate to vacuum! I firmly believe that anti-germ campaigns are hurting our children more than helping. I believe in dirt. And "YES" 'done & gone' is a great feeling!! I've now got 3 new ideas laying on my table to work over ;)

I'm always looking for border fabric in scrap quilts that has a lot of the colors that were used in the quilt and they aren't easy to find on a white background, you did a great job.

Yes, totally agree that Newhart was the best TV finale period. But it really only works well if you are familiar with both Newhart shows. MASH was memorable as well, think I saw that in reruns. Friends was good. Was disappointed in Seinfeld ending. Stuck with the Gilmore Girls but the first ending of the series was eh. The ending of the more recent 4 part update was better. Sadly with most of the more recent tv I tend to tune out prior to the last season or if I am still watching the show is cancelled without a true finale.