Hello Xuan!!! That is the sweetest little "cutting" i have seen! I can see why you all are so proud of you precious little Shella! Congratulations again on you new addition to your family!! She is just beautiful!!! Always love seeing your flowers, cuttings, littles ones!!! Please keep the pics coming. Love to see them!!! Take care, Laura

Yes, I haven't been back to the hospital to see her and mom yet. Mom hasn't been feeling so well and now they think she has an infection so no going home til Tuesday at the earliest. I've had Kenna and she and the garden are keeping me busy right now and we wanted to give mom some time to get well. I do talk to her several times a day. Think I am coming down with strep, so definitely want to stay away from them - yuck! Tdr4 - congrats on your new one coming in November. My birthday is in November, too. What a great month! I have lots of caterpillars in the garden including QMs, RAs, BSTs, PVS's, Sleepy Oranges, Wild Indigo Duskywings. That darned little Sleepy Orange mama keeps laying eggs on the Senna bicapsularis that is only about 2-5" tall. I keep thinking she will eventually start on the Senna hebecarpa - Wild Senna - and has layed a few eggs there - but nothing like the tiny Xmas Cassias. I've got some bush beans up now and I am hoping (in addition to getting beans) that the Silver Spotted Skippers will lay eggs on them. This is another one I haven't had yet in the garden. I guess I lost my big beautiful Passion Flower 'Lavendar Lady' this year. Still no sign and it is pretty much hopeless that she will show signs of life by this time. Will definitely order another next spring. I do have the P. incarnata to plant yet. It's getting off to a very slow start. The one thing that has REALLY taken off is the Maximilian sunflower. It is huge and blooming right now. Susan

Who are you calling a lady? LOL, my wife (who is indeed a shorter person) will get a kick out of that one. We inherited the space when we purchased the house and are fortunate that it's so large. Of course we could use some additional room, but isn't that just about always the case? Please note that I, a taller person, need a stepladder to reach the upper shelves of the cabinets. Putting the machines on pedestals would have made the countertop too high for me to fold comfortably, and I'm OK with the height of their doors as-is. The pattern on the floor is similar to the wall tiles, and I believe the material is a simple stone tile purchased from Virginia Tile. It extends all the way to the kitchen, encompassing the back hall, closet, and half-bath. Apologies for my sideways photos. They weren't that way at the hosting site the last time I checked.

Oh, look at that princess, all in pink! We had 2 boys before we had our girl. No one on DH's side thought they'd have another girl. The last girl born had been in her 60s. Needless to say, our girl (who is now 13) is a bit spoiled, but she's such a good girl. Enjoy her! Sheryl