As much as I would like to think I would like a small little cottage house by the sea, I would probably get very cold and bored with it's short growing season, I'm somewhat of a southerner like that. Also, as much as I gripe about humidity and heat I probably couldn't live without it. I could never imagine living in California where it is constantly perfect. So, if anything I'd probably want to live somewhere in the East Coast and perhaps somewhere in the Rhine Valley in France or Germany. I am terribly nostalgic and love all old styles, so cottage style gardening appeals to me the most. Formal gardens with certain degrees of whimsy or strangeness a la Alice in Wonderland or Ladew Topiary Gardens. I like the idea of old world homesteads somewhat cut off from the world. If I ever amount to money after college I'd love to have either like an old Victorian or some sort of farmhouse that can just be a retreat. Homes seem far too disposable these days, I like a place that will last me a lifetime. I must be a reincarnate of some stuffy nobleman, my tastes are so OLD.

TONI rub it in will you? Mine didn't make it and I used the vermiculite and bag trick this time! I did actually manage to get some sedum to finally put on some roots, last year I did my rooting in August with hardwood cuttings I am going to try that again this year and see how it goes. I have a purple butterfly bush, a honeycomb BB and a red bottle brush I wish to try this time. I SOOOOO hope the bottle brush takes it is sooo pretty. I do have a few hardwood cuttings of a smoke tree in water and I thought they were dead so I was going to through them out the other day and noticed some callousing and thought NO WAY is that root starts BUT I honestly THINK it is so I stuck them back in the water! I SOOOO hope those make it and are not just a false start LOL. Toni I think I am gonna send cuttings to you we can share my cuttings LOL. Thanks for the update, you know I really AM glad you are having so much success right? I really am, I think it is wonderful! OHH OHH OHHH, someone TELL ME PLEASE HOW I should do some Weeping Pussy Willow cuttings? Someone sent me a bunch and right now they are just in water is this good? OR what would be the best approch? They are hardwood from the base and from the limbs. ANY advice would be sooo much appreciated PLEASE. :) Fran

I am sure you must have heard this song about what is beneath a kilt in your travels there. I loved Scotland when DH and I toured in a rented car many years ago. Clare Here is a link that might be useful: The Scotsman

Peli Peli is one of my favorite restaurants. In fact one of the KT get togethers I had it there. The owner chef is great he comes to the table and tells his story and takes pictures of every one which is played on the tvs through out the restaurant. It's very unique and beautiful inside. The food is fantastic. Every thing I have eaten is good. They have a sticky pudding type dessert that is great. The restaurant is located in the Vintage center which is a nice area. Ihave never had haggis and don't care to. My father used to make a lot of dishes using organ meats and they would make head cheese when there was a butchering. I didn't partake. There's a Cajun name for the organ dish I think it is somewhat similar to haggis. They often used the gut or stomach to stuff the food into. The boudin in Cajun country is a mix of cooked rice, onions, spices and a mix of ground meats stuffed into a casing like sausage. It's wonderful stuff. In some areas they do have a blood sausage and a blood boudin. I don't eat those.