Maybe I'd better change the name of this exchange. Valentine's is over.Duh!!! I'm starting a new thread Carol, please post your wants on the New thread. I'll call it "Gardeners helping Gardeners a gesture from the Heart". Please don't post on this thread.Post on the new thread.Thanks,Jody

Dee, you've passed the packaging test with flying colors!! Your box arrived and everything will make it just fine! I'm so happy with what you've sent: A very nice card and note Creeping Sedum - new for me Heliopsis 'Lorraine Sunshine' - Love the foliage on this!! Columbine songbird 'Cardinal' - LOVE this columbine!! Scabiosa pale yellow - I've been wanting this also :) Dianthus 'Telstar' - There is even a flower blooming! Viola - pretty colors that I don't have! Sweet William 'Heart Attack'- I love the color of this! Daylily 'David Kirschoff' Daylily Siloam 'Fairy Tale' Daylily 'Bela Lugosi' Daylily 'Nefertiti' I've googled these daylilies, and will absolutely love them blooming in my gardens!! Thank You soooo much Dee, for all of these wonderful flowers!!! I will get them planted and watered immediately! It's a nice cool day today. Last night we were in a frost advisory, and I've not been feeling well, picked up some kind of nasty cold virus, so I decided my plants were on their own. Didn't have the energy to go out and take care of them. Everything looked fine this morning. Tracy, hope your water situation was taken care of! Sassy, your granddaughter just keeps on getting cuter and cuter!! Have a good day everyone! Karen (still smiling from ear to ear)

carrie, I have to say first...Ohh my Thank YOU!.and I really do know you 'all' are still with us!..I feel it..Mom feels it....I've told her about all of ya'll! jolana....somehow I knew you would 'know' and understand.......THANK YOU!!! PJ..you are an Inspiration!!..Thank You... Angie..you remember my original post?...Wow...What else can I say except Thank you..and those 2 words seem so small yet mean sooo soooo much..."I REMEMBER"....with all of ya'll's prayers..WE ARE doing our best to Make It!! I have to tell a story...when Misty (my DD) was in High School..she was really my difficult child..we (DH and me) did go thru alot.... But she turned her life around..and went thru Cosmetology school in one year........... SHE AND I HAD PLANS..to go to Austin for her tests..and have fun..just SHE AND I...Mom and Daughter..... Tony was in the Hosp....critical..in ICU..NOT expected to live.......... My bestest friend in the world..took her to Austin for her final exam.....................I am sooo sad..she got lost again........no party....no nothing..yet she did the BIGGEST accomplishment in the world..and I WAS NOT there..... She understood..she said...but later she said .. she was so hurt....sigh.... Life throws us curves..and IF I didn't have all of ya'll as an outlet..........I would just really want to .. just give up........ It's so fricken hard .... And NOW I REFUSE to put my baby girl (DD) "MISTY" on the back burner 'AGAIN'.... Its hard but the wedding planning is going OK.....I want so much for her...........and my GS! Alll I can say is "WE" ..My DH, my DML could never have gotten this far without all of ya'lls prayers!!! I'm a bit lost lately...but I figure that will change eventually...one day.. I think I am rambling.........Im sorry! My heart is ... THANK YOU ALLL!!! My heart is... WE could not have made it thru..........ALL OF THIS without all of you!! How can I say Thank you for all of this..'THANK YOU; seems so ..............empty........ So all I can say is.. my Heart..and my Tears...and my Ache..is ...blessed because of all of you! Dena

I’m very late to this as the initial comment was made in 2007. But it literally just occurred couple hours ago and I need somewhere to vent. We were walking up my driveway when I heard a thud from our large oak tree. It sounded like a branch crashing. We were sickened to see a squirrel laying there. His eyes were moving, so my gf and I who are big animal lovers called the nearest vet who takes wildlife and they said for us to try and capture it. Suddenly while on the phone to our shock & delight the squirrel jumped up and ran up the tree only to fall a second time. I can’t describe to you how sick I felt watching This now for a second time. The poor thing My heart sunk and still does as I write this. And we blame ourselves for maybe startling it back up, although who’s to know what he would have done. It got up once again, tho this time not as agile and ran behind a play house we had built for our kids wgen they were little. It must have fell 20 plus feet. We tried gently coaxing it into a box and than a cat carrier with an hour gone by to no avail As it limped in fear away from us. We decided at this point we were perhaps doing more harm than good & finally left the box with a blanket, hoping maybe it would rest inside for it’s final moments. I checked just now & it has passed. My prayer is that it went quickly without any further harm. This was such a horrible thing to witness as an animal lover for both of us. You feel helpless and at the same time our efforts were in vain. I wish there was some type of wildlife rescue in my area for such things. But we’re lucky that there’s even a vet who’s willing to see them, providing you can catch them. I don’t share this to dishearten anyone, but wanted to share so anyone who may read this will know there not alone in such things. And the only thing you can do is your best to try and save it. In the end it’s in God’s hands. Peace and love