Arthurm: our "cold" means possibly an hour or two near freezing, and typically since we are sandwiched between the river and the ocean it never gets quite that cold. Cold enough to irritate orchids, and spot up a few leaves, but they tend to survive. I have too many orchids to round them up and bring them in for a freeze, but this little guy was one of my very first so i think he's in for special treatment.

Susan I am so happy that you forgot about the brain wrecking and get to enjoy the prize lol. I had SO MUCH FUN putting together the prize. I would have even easily gotten 25 things together for it and had to stop myself haha that is how much fun I had. After all. I never had to give my brain a real workout roflmao It was just wonderful playing with you all. You were all very patient with me as a newbie game host lol. Lucy

And now you've exposed my secret identity. When I first joined GardenWeb, I tried to register as "Janice" or "Jan" but those names were taken. So I used an old nickname from my childhood "Jannie".

Glad to hear that you've had some happy times to celebrate with friends, Sherry. Good wishes for good health and interesting and happy times in the year ahead. ole joyful