Hi all, kind of new to this forum. I might have posted last year, but I don't recall. Anyway, we have app. 2/3 acre here behind deer fence, with all the rest (woods, fields, pond) not. As you've probably assumed, the fenced-in area is for my good stuff -- my daylily collection, hostas, and new-to-me veg garden. (Never have had one before.) At one end of the fenced area is a smallish barn -- with a nice little burrow letting out into my garden. One of the windows in my home office looks out onto the garden, and all this summer, I watched the resident woodchuck waddle out and start eating. He started with my broccoli before I knew he was there. I won't kill an animal, and I didn't have a Hav-a-Heart trap, so he (she? it?) and I immediately came to an understanding. He/she/it can eat all the grass, clover, and chickweed he/she/it wants. The daylilies, hostas, and veg are mine. And it's worked very well, probably because there is so much grass here. If he/she/it starts waddling too closely to the veg bed, I make a big to-do on the patio, jumping up and down & yelling. He/she/it immediately makes for the burrow. Yes I know, someone here's going to tell me it's just a matter of time before the thing destroys my garden, and I take to extreme measures. Nope, I'm with the Marsha who leaves unmowed grass and a natural buffet buffer for critters. If necessary, I'll buy a Hav-a-Heart trap, catch the thing, and release it in the state park down at the end of our lane. Anyway, maybe there's a lot of joking on this thread, but I am not reading through the whole thing to find out. :))) So my comments are actually pretty serious ones. Anyway again, I can't worry about one fat woodchuck -- not when I have mice behind the walls here and in the pantry and two cats who are sleeping on the job!

Jeanne, bring yourself right on over. We'll sit here and sip good old Southern sweet tea and gossip.. lol ! OA.. thank you :>) The napkin rings were my mom's and yep,silver and mop. Karen: I won't tell if you won't tell..lol ! I can't believe you finally joined in with the "pinkies" :>) PM, thank you :>) I'm not sure if they're dogwoods or hydrangeas. They could be apple blossoms, but I've never seen them,so I'm not sure..lol ! Frou.. thank you :>) I wish I could find some more of them. I'd send them your and Karen's way :>) Luvs .. thank you :>) Please feel free to come join Jeanne and I. The more the merrier .. lol ! Susan

PS... the clock is the size of a postcard. The stamp says, "Marriage Advice" and the seal says, Time For Love. And I do love it because Max gave it to me :) The slogans could be adapted to the person you want to give it to. The stamp could say, "Families Are Forever"... or... "Friendship Advice" etc.

Bfenton, there was one this morning that I didn't know, so at the end, when that was the only one left, I just kept trying different combinations and I got it, but I still am not familiar with that word. It was just a guess that worked.