Happy belated birthday. I hope the fish shopping went well. We also have fish....a bird, and 2 degus. We have also had frogs , iguanas and other lizard things. And for years they've been trying to convince me into a dog, but......I don't have time for me let alone a puppy. Hope you had a good one. Shelley P.S. I'd go shopping for you too. I love shopping except for buying groceries. I think it's because groceries costs so much and cuts into my plant/perennial/rose budget.

Jan, actually its 66 now. Last year was my Medicare birthday. ;o) So there is ONE good thing about turning that age. Punk, if I slow down anymore, someone is going to start watering me twice a week! Janet, having my great grandson visiting this past week was sooooo wonderful. I can't believe he's already 10 months old. He's just too cute for words, of course I may just be a tiny bit prejudiced! They left today to go home, Alabama. Here's his portrait that his Mommy just got a few weeks ago, and then a quick snapshot of us ( 4 generations!!) taken yesterday. Bransen wanted down to crawl in the grass and wasn't too happy about photos being taken! hugs, Karen

Thanks for the late wishes too! And I especially want to thank Annie for making the effort to greet me from Texas - that is very special to me. I took off from work today because I was really tired, and I don't have anything really pressing to do there. I will need to get back tomorrow, however. For some reason, I woke up at 2:00 a.m. today and couldn't get back to sleep, and so when it was time to get ready for work, I was extremely tired. This let me celebrate Mardi Gras, I guess. Lars

Happy birthday, Sharon, and thank you for sharing your beautiful part of the world with us so graciously. Now I'm over to conversations to check out the pictures! Annie