I thought it over, here is what I said on Figs4fun forum I hope I don't get in trouble for saying a few things, it was all in fun.Here it is! Hi Guy's Well we got up even before bright & early yesterday to go see Mr. James Robin.We got there about 10Am, JR was still in his pajamas, now that was a sight.....HEHE, I had saw a picture of hin on the Web, it musta bee doctored (sorry about that Leon)but I thought JR was taller, heck he has to use a step ladder to pick strawberrys! First rattle out of the bag at JR's house was meeting "Bob" now that was an experiance, Bob is a beautiful brown & white dog, that just lives to bite ya, Well I think I got my bluff in on him so I made it to JR door, knocked on it JR came and said hello Cecil, now I have never met him that I know of, I asked him how did he know it was me, he said he could smell a Texan for a mile, mind ya we wore a nice brand new shower to our visit with him, We met Ms Betty she is a super nice lady, to bad she has that terrible Alzheimer's disease, when she saw Fig picker she got a million dollar size on her pretty face, they did the hugging thing and She was really happy, which made Dorcas just as happy! Ol Bob came in the house when Dorcas came in, she loves every dog she meets, she reached down to pet him, he started growling, James jumped up and put a muzzle on him, he got no aurgument out of us on that one, well we sat in JR'S little office and told lies to each other for about an hour, it was a tossup on who won the B/S session, but I really think the Cajun won that one(imagine that)A coon ass and a horses ass in a B/S contest! Speaking of coon asses & horses's asses do yaw know the difference?........answer, the Sabine River, look it up! James got dressed and we went out to look his place over, now mind ya bob was right on our trail, well I bent over to look at my little O'Rourke plant and Bob nudged me on the back of my leg, I'm here to tell ya, that wasn't the only thing I thought was on the back of my leg(it could have been a messy situation there if ya know what I'm talking about! As Martin sez, anyhoot, we pulled the plants out of their pots and looked for RKN, none was visible than goodness! I was going to put the plants inside our truck when JR spotted our little Yorkie, missy hot wheels, he fell in love with her, and started petting her, I told him to watch her she might try to bite him, it was too late she was about to kiss him to death......silly Dawg, Bob wanted a closer look but JR grabbed him before he could jump up on our truck which would have gave me a heart attack, not because of the dog, but I wasn't goofy about our truck getting all scratched up. Well we visited some more, and told James we were fixin to head back west, he invited us to have lunch with him but we had Cajun food on our minds, the crawfish kind, he was having roast which is fine with us most times, but not when yer in Cajun country, we head out looking for good Cajun food, in no time we found it, pigged out on it and headed for Merrysville La. to Almost Eden's nursery to meet another very nice Cajun Gent. Mr. John McMillian he gave us directions to his place and didn't miss one detail, we went straight past him and called him, we had overshot his runway bt two mailboxes....HEHE, we had a very nice visit with John and he showed us his operation like JR had did, both men had some very nice plants, both of them had a lot of plants that had figs on them I might add, anyhow Dorcas was walking Missy, and John pulled a leaf off one plant and told me to sniff that, I did, ya ain't gonna believe this it was what he called a popcorn plant, it smelled just like popcorn, doggone est thing I have ever sniffed of.....well maybe not...HAHA We told John that I had trucked through Merrysville in the 60's to go around the Louisiana State scales(did I just say that?) I told John that the bridge crossing the Sabine River at Merrysville use to be so narrow two cars could barely meet each other safely on it and no way two trucks could meet and still have their mirrors on the trucks, When we got to the river I'm here to tell ya, dem cajuns done got downtown yeah, that bridge is a nice un! Well before i I close this B/S session, JR said to tell George, Herman and Fignut hello as well as you Mike in Fla.And anyone else he forgot. We will update ya'll on the O'Rourke fig as time goes by. Regards Cecil

Well, bless you Old Cajun, and Amelia! Good wishes like yours make difficulties easier to bear. We sustained no damage here in Central Texas, just off state highway 6, so we are using the money we had designated for clean-up, replacement, repairs to help those along the coast who have lost something or everything. If you ever have to evacuate again (perish the thought) we Texans just might kidnap such nice people and keep them here! Thank y'all for your prayers and kind thoughts. It helps.

Good wishes for these difficult days, Linda ... may you remember and be thankful for all of the good times and good years together. God grant grace and peace in your heart sufficient for these days: you are a capable, strong woman and will find your way through all that needs to be done. I'm offering some prayers on your behalf, and for others who loved your husband. ole joyful

I made Chicken a la Mer on Sunday to celebrate Marti Gras and served it over Dirty Rice. I cheated and used the boxed Zatarain's dirty rice. The Chicken a la Mer was enough work by itself. The Chicken and shrimp/crab sauce turned out great which was somewhat surprising since it's only the second time I've made it and the first time wasn't so great. Here is the recipe if anyone is interested. Chicken a la Mer