Thanks Kelly and David! Kelly, they really do seem to love it outdoors, nothing like some fresh air, a little sun and rain that kicks them in gear. David, I received a couple of cuttings of diversifolia in Nov. '08...so I've had it less than two years. Like you said...it grew quickly but wouldn't bloom. I get impatient sometimes when a hoya looks big/mature enough to bloom and won't,lol...Patience has never been a virtue I've been blessed with. My mango is a grafted tree that was purchased in a 5 gallon pot. BTW, its a semi-dwarf. It's only around 5ft or so tall right now...I'm planning on keeping it under 10ft for easy winter protection and fruit picking. David, I think you need to get a mango tree...you can keep in your greenhouse(with your hoyas) in the winter,lol... Here's a picture shortly after I planted it 3yrs ago.

Thanks, everyone. PartyM, there seems to be an unofficial EICFBreakfast Day Website that has the story of its origin. Even gives the name of the mother (now a grandmother) who "invented" the holiday. Of course, many an ice cream parlor advertises the "holiday" and has parties and specials to commemorate the event. There's a place in Seattle that has a big party and awards gold cones (silver and bronze too) for the best customer-written limericks. Real or not, I just couldn't let this "holiday" go by. Karen, I'm glad to be back. For one thing, this place is great for the ego. Everyone is so nice! Jeanne and Kay, thanks for "double posting." That is so nice of you to take the time. I tell myself that I don't care about the number of comments I get, but the ruth of it is, I sometimes feel a little silly with only three or four comments and other blogs have zillions. It does make me wonder if anyone really knows I'm out there.

Karen, Mary, Nana, and Punk, My DM still lives in the house where I grew up. So once I got my own home, many of my childhood toys were "returned" to me, LOL. Some of the toys are still there as my DD's played with them when they went to Grandma's house and now the great grandkids have been able to enjoy them as well. Jeanne, you are a "stitch" yourself, using all those sewing terms in your post!! Quite the wordsmith! I actually was going to do a different table using a music box that looks like an old sewing machine that is covered with little mice, but I couldn't decide on the rest of the table. When I decided to use the little red machine, the table practically set itself! Thanks again ladies. You all brighten my day! Candy

I am sitting here LOL about petalpatsy's attic windows. I started one in peach. Blech............the only reason I started it in peach was I had a lot of peach material I didn't want to use on anything. Duh. So why would you invest time and painstaking work on a peach based attic windows. I also ended up with four in squares. Duh again. I still want to do an attic windows quilt, but Lord Luv a Duck, not tiny squares! Make them dudes biguns. So, I got about thirty by thirty inches, sewn together and the contrasting blocks inserted and it hangs on my wall times three years. It's going to be a pillow sometime this summer so I can say it wasn't time wasted. Petalpatsy, I know how you feel. I even considered making it a medallion, too. The moral of the story is use muslin for attic windows. LOL.