Looking forward to the RR. Please add my name to this year's spring RR. There's nothing better than getting a surprise box of leaves or starts in the mail!

Well....I spoke too soon lol. Unfortunately the GA Gardening forum also scheduled their swap for the same day of May 4th so I won't be able to attend the AL one this year =( Was looking forward to seeing some of ya'll again, maybe next year they'll be on different days. They were originally talking about the end of April but the date's set now and I already had obligations for that one. You all have fun and post pictures of all your goodies! Danielle

They're still tapping maples here, it's below freezing at night and right now it's 43F. I saw three robins in the fresh snow on my lawn on Saturday. Yup, it snowed Friday night. Now that I think about it, it snowed Thursday night too. We still have snowbanks that haven't melted and the ground is still frozen enough that I couldn't set fence posts yesterday yet. Linda, tap those maples! Boiling syrup is pretty easy, but it takes 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup, and each tree will yield "about" enough sap to make a quart. Boil it outside, though, that syrup laden steam will coat everything in your kitchen with a sticky maple coating. Nope, it wasn't me, it was Aunt LulaBelle, LOL. When I "retire", I just might tap the maples again.... Annie

Very pretty, indeed. I love the fabric...It's great to know how to sew, you can save a ton of money and change things all the time! I have tons of fabrics as well...stored in big tubs that are stacked on top of one another in a large guest closet. It's a sickness. Next time I go to my wonderful fabric guys, I'm going to bring my camera. You won't believe how much fabric they have...they ship all over the world (not retail - wholesale)It's a fabric-holic dream... The place is huge...I went 2 weeks ago to look for my dining room chairs and went home with samples, but nothing was right. I'll have to go back another day, when I have more time to look. When I went, I said I wanted something for my dining room table to use for protection, so I don't have to use the pads all the time...He gave me a huge bolt of the stuff for free, He said here take it...They are so nice these two guys. They sell me stuff for 1/2 of what I pay in the fabric stores and give me extra too... :)