Looks like Virginia Creeper ( Parthenocissus quinquefolia) by the leaves. Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) has ivy shaped leaves. they're both nice, but invasive as hell. My neighbour planted some Virginia creeper on our shared fence about five years ago and for the past two years I've been trying to get rid of it on my side - it gets into my pots in the summer and generally takes over. A place up the street had to do some extensive work around the windows and roof a few years ago because some Boston Ivy had damaged the wood and water had been getting in. I wouldn't put it anywhere near a house - just in case. Take a look at Parthenocissus henryana, aka Silvervein Creeper. Supposedly it is not as invasive as the other two but it still has the beautiful fall colour and has nicer leaves during the summer (in my opinion anyway). It might not be hardy in an exposed location though - we're kind of at the northern end of its possible range :-( BP

This path leads to the northeast side of the house. Chairs and spool table located on the north side of the house under my biggest weeping willow. I planted it 6 years ago. The tree cutters butchered it when they were trimming back limbs from the power lines. I was not happy, but it will grow back. To the left is where the fishpond is situated - on the other side of the white flowering Spirea. The rose & iris garden (formerly my Potager) and one peach tree are above the willow tree. There is another peach tree on the left just beyond the white-flowering spirea. You can just make out the gray metal of the greenhouse-tool shed in the background. At the top, left, you can see one of the large plum tree which obscures the henhouse and shades it in the hot summer, and one of the cherry trees now in bloom. Pale lilac/white Violets and native blue violets bloom under the willow tree - you can see them behind one of the chairs. I have four varieties of violets. Sweet! I love sitting out here under my willow. My Mum in her favorite garden pose. She looks a lot like actress, Elizabeth Smith, if you know who she is. Mother has a great sense of humour. I will have to upload more images. The ones I took two weeks ago from the orchard (northwest of house) and in back yard are nice views of my cottage gardens. There are some good shots from the driveway too. I will look for some good ones to share. ~Annie

Chlorosis is often the result of alkaline soil or neutral soil with a plant that needs acid soil. What kind of soil do you have? If not acid, that could be the problem. Pin Oak is also known a Swamp Oak and needs regular watering. According the link below, many of the trees available for sale in the nursery trade are grown in the south where the soil is acid and they are cultivars that are adapted to acid soil. If this was a city planted tree, call the municipal forester or your city parks department and ask where the city sourced the trees. Acidifying the soil sufficiently to grow a tree is impossible; the city should replace the trees with locally sourced cultivars or another species suited to your local conditions. Here is a link that might be useful: Pin Oak

Hi, Bob. IF I had to pick just one image editing software program to use, I would choose Paint Shop Pro. I have older versions going back to when it was owned by JASC and later by Corel. The biggest problem with the newer versions is that they DO have more features, but they are also larger programs that use more memory and hard disk storage. This is especially true for the latest version of Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5 .. which is why I purchased version 4.0 .. I wouldn't even be able to use Elements version 5 on my Dell laptop, it is such a memory hog. I also got Elements version 4.0 because it is compatible with my Logitech NuLOOQ Navigator (a hardware device to use in place of a mouse and in conjunction with a graphics tablet). I already had Elements version 2.0 on my computer. Adobe Photoshop 7.0 came bundled with some hardware I bought, possibly my WACOM Intuos graphics tablet. BTW that is a good way to end up with free copies of editing software.. watch the ads for which software programs companies are tossing in if you purchase their hardware.. graphics tablets, laser mice, scanners, photo printers, etc. Elements 4.0 is very good for making quick edits, Auto Enhance, etc. And a nice feature of this is you can also get a more detailed editing window if you choose to, where you have emore control over the editing. I think the big difference between Adobe Elements and Corel PSP is that there are more online places to go get free downloads and tutorials and Plug-Ins for Adobe Elements. Also, many of the Adobe Photoshp Plug-Ins will work in Elements. And some of the Plug-Ins from Adobe WILL also work in Corel PSP. There are more books written for the Adobe products, too. An excellent manual for Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 is "Photoshop Elements 4: the Missing Manual", by Barbara Brundage. This weekend, when I have more free time, I will go thru both my Corel PSP and Adobe Elements programs and give you a better comparison. I learned to Image Edit on JASC Paint Shop Pro so have the most familiarity with it. If you stay behind the latest upgrade by a version, you can get it cheaper once a newer version comes out. And you can buy used software at Amazon.com and eBay. It is almost annoying how fast the companies keep coming up with upgrades for their image editing software. Makes it harder to learn the programs and get a feel for what is where in the layout. Gail R (WNY)