Ginny, I'm sure that he does have a good microclimate; he is in a residential neighborhood so there are nearby houses plus a large commercial building behind him; there are also lots of trees and shrubs around his yard and in the neighboring yards that probably help block the wind. On top of that he benefits from being close to the river and the urban heat island of Arlington (and, to a lesser extend, DC). I've seen several good-sized windmill palms (Trachycarpus fortunei) around the Washington, DC area but all are growing in very sheltered locations.

No, I had read your post and had just bought that CD after seeing Huey on Rachel Ray last week. I ordered it Thursday and it was here from Amazon on Friday! NO inference intended that you are on drugs - now a happy LIFE is your drug! I did a huge pharmacy vendor conversion back in 2001 for a large insurance company. We actually made a CD with songs that made us think of parts of the project. Since the company was going from one PBM (pharmacy benefit manager) to another, THAT was the lead in song - I Want a New Drug. We also had Clapton's 'Co*a*ne', 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' by the Stones (reference to 3rd tier drugs that aren't in the formulary), and one that cracked us all up - 'Se*ual Healing' by Marvin Gaye. We chose that one when we ran reports for the previous PBM, and saw that some women had filled scrips for Vi*gra. 'First of May' by the Bee Gees referred to the day we cut over from the old PBM on 5/1/2001. 12 other songs rounded out our 'Conversion Highlights' CD, including our song about endless testing, which was 'Do It Til You're Satisfied', by B T Express. You'd love it!

Dorothy Edwards appears to be quite the prolithic and (selling) artist on that block... wish they'd list the prices. I see Cher from moosaics work and a few others from etsy.

Wow Lilly, those are awesome. Can you imagine the time that goes into each one of those? Thanks for posting this, I really enjoyed looking at each one.