Thank you, Will! Always enjoy seeing your incredibly beautiful garden. I wish you in the New year many new benefits.... And continue to delight us all with lovely pictures!!!! With all respect, Ireena Happy New Year!!!

It's nice to talk to some old friends. :-) Some I keep up with on FB (thus Pam's "awkward photo" comment - LOL...there was one that WAS) Swaps were fun and such a great connecting point for so many of us. :-) Jessy's boys, Annie's girls (and g-kids - still just 2?) have to be grown too. Will is a freshman now - he doesn't find much time to cook with me anymore but his interest in food is pretty high - LOL! I promise when things slow down after the holiday, I will be back a little more and catch up. Hugs to everybody

Happy Christmas Rick and everyone else, however you chose to celebrate. Glad to be part of the group, sorry I'm a bit late with my message, only had Christmas day off work, sigh, I need a rest! Happy New Year to everyone, hope it's good to us all in every way.] Have a good growing season too. Gill UK

Same here, we got a light dusting Christmas eve that wound up barely covering the grass. It was gone by noon on Christmas day. But, Mother Nature has a make up in store for us. Not sure it will make it to Minneapolis. I am 50 miles north of Madison, Wisconsin. ------------------- ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON MONDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 AM TUESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 3 AND 9 PM MONDAY...AND COULD BE 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR. * TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE COULD OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS WILL GUST IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS BY THE EVENING COMMUTE.