Happy Anniversary, from me, too . . I started lurking here 10 years ago in the spring and boy, am I glad I joined! But I could swear that you were here before me, Kathy! I remember back in those days, we could have capital letters in our User Names. Susie

Wow, what a beauty you have near your house, and it's all for Easter. The Lord wanted to please you with beautiful flowers for this wonderful holiday. I usually go to church with my friends in the morning to pray first and then start celebrating this magnificent holiday. And while I'm going to church, I feel this festive atmosphere all over the city, and it inspires me a lot and also lifts my spirits. For some reason, even nature looks different on this day. After all, this world has a great connection between the Lord God and nature. Thank you for the photos. They are beautiful!

Happy Easter! Kind of cold here in PA as well, but it was good digging weather. Snow's in the forecast tomorrow evening ;)

fig_insanity - I looked it up finally, and there seem to be a LOT of very closely related, but different plants. Mine has only yellow middles to the flowers, not dark ones. It is also perennial, at least here, and does not grow in neat circles, but in large mats, which it extends by sending out runners. I found one that looks like it called Arctotheca prostata, which is also called Cape Weed. So, I assume they are close relatives. Here is a pic of Acrtotheca prostrata which looks exactly like mine. It makes a very good ground cover, almost completely smothering grass weeds, but letting up Iris, and other taller So African bulbs like Ixia and sparaxis to grow. Bob, I agree with Carol - sounds as if you and I have a similar idea about decorating the sidewalk with roses and flowers. People ask me "don't the walker-by take the flowers?". Well, there are so many flowers that if some do, I don't notice. What I do notice occasionally when I am out by the street is nice people taking photos, or telling me how much they enjoy walking by our house, or people with kids asking permission for the toddler to pick a flower. Of course I always say Yes, and the little kids are always delighted (we ALL should do our part to encourage future gardeners!). Jackie