Not sure of the growth factor this year but have been happily counting the new eyes,pips or what ever they are suppose to be called.McTavish just got back with her new stash anong with her sister and they are happily weeding and waking up her plants. The Golden Tiara she gave me last spring has 69 shoots just popping out of the ground but not sure what it was when she gave it to me. It was the start of my addiction and to date I have hit the over 100 plant mark but really I am not hooked.... oh and eat your hearts out ..Myrle brought me five new ones including Empress Wu and her sister gave me two ( one had been on my want list)The other hosta that has a high count and purchased last fall is Pilgrim and has 20 eyes. I can hardly wait!!!! I have never seen then in full growth. I am on hosta bed #5 and #6 waiting for the last frost surprises to plant my newest babies and have done a running count of all of them that are up

ABCGIRL It's okay. I was just worried that I hadnt heard from you. I have an update but its not much of one! According to usps.com the package has not been received. Here is what the website says: You entered 0103 8555 7494 0595 0839 The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper or shipping partner on May 12, 2005 to expect your package for mailing. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later. Not sure why it is taking this long to get the package to abitodd. If she doesnt get it soon I guess I will mail the original robin out to her. Not sure what else to do. Sheena

I have ocular albinism and am 41. I noticed several months ago a single floater in one eye and recently wnet to an optomitrist. He nearly scared me into a nervous break down.:( He suggested AMD or rather hinted yet now says he didn't see anything major just normal aging. He didn't see a detachment or tear even with the retina images they took but asked a few times if I saw flashes. Well I don't see camera flashes but I do see little silver/white worm streaks occassionally that circle under and around my eye then disapear in seconds. He did see slight shrinkage of the jelly at the back of the eye, a few specks on the eye and a small fovea but I reminded him I have ocular albinism and my poor vision comes from the missing layers of the fovea. I'm wondering if I'm starting menapause and this may be the reason for little silver worm streaks that occassionaly happen. My sight hasn't changed as far as I can tell and all of this started 7 months ago. He just brushes me of though. He's young and just out of optometry school which doesn't make me feel any better.(UGH)

There isn't any pain at all right now, at the end of the day. I also managed to put the ointment in "all by myself", this morning, and evening. But I wore my sun hat, and dark glasses outside all day, in the garden department at work. Guess, it is all better.. but do have another appointment for Monday. Moni