Hi Elly My knees are very bad also Impossible to get down and back up as I live alone. I have to hire ssome neighbr boys to do the big things for me. One thing I have done more of this year is container gardening--for instance all my annuals almost are in containers as the frost will get them and then I can reuse them next year. I use a lot of mulch to cut down on weeding And I use a plastic chair (the kind sold eveywhre to tote around to where I want to work and sit while weeding and even hoeing sometimes. I dont care what the neighbors think-it helps conserve my strength. I use a kitchen timer also to use so I dont overdo myself. I set it for 15 minutes and make myself change jobs in 15 minutes so that my knees get some exercise in moving about .I use a wheelbarrow to move everything so I dont have to carry so much and I use minitools when I can instead of large ones with full handles. And if I cant move on a given day because the weather has my knees aching I find something else to do for that day as a garden chore such as washing pots or flats or gathering eeds and drying them etc. Hope you keep gardening as long as you can.

Hi Clairdo, I have XP Home and on the left side there are several options - the very top one which is "picture tasks" you will see three more options one of which is "view as a slide show" However if you do not see anything on the left of "my pictures", then you somehow have changed from what I think is called XP view to classic view.. You can remedy this by going to the control panel>folders> the first tab is "general" Tick "show common tasks in folders", rather than "use windows classic folders" and the side options should come back - it does with mine... Hope this helps.... Elly

justjude, Exactly, Here is a link to the patteren for the hat. It is on my list of things to do "next"...LOL Misty, I love it in varegated yarn too - now all I have to learn is the provisional cast on and the Kitchner(? sp) stitch.. Elly Here is a link that might be useful: hat with cable band on circuluar needles

You're right. I need absolute concentration when I do this. Took me seventy years to finally get the hang of it. oops, spotted an error between FPD and FK should be a - not=