Hi June! I was "sure" you are brightonborn, but didn't want to embarrass myself in case I was wrong! :) Anytime you want to post a pick, right click on the pic, save it to your desktop and then click Choose File, when you want to post it here. If you haven't seen it yet, it's a button above this message box.

More jellyfish, small ones. Every time I went swimming in Vero Beach, FL I would get stung by these small ones. DS won't go in the ocean because he got stung when little.

I like the shrubby Serviceberries too, I've planted quite a few over the years. One shrub in the sunken garden has to be over 30yrs. old. Is showing some age finally, and has been blown over at least three times, but still blooms and puts out those suckers like you say. I try to keep it more open and bare at the bottom. It was purchased from a nursery that had entered it in a garden show and they had pruned it up so nicely. For the past seven years it's been propped up with a wooden "crutch"! I'm just too attached to it to cut it down, altho I have done some hard pruning in recent years. I have heard the berries are safe to eat, but never tried them. At what point did you pick them - when they are dark red I suppose? Like you say, the Robins and other birds gobble them up even before they turn completely red so I probably would be hard up to gather many of them. What do they taste like?

Gazania, don't sell yourself short! You produce spectacular photos, like your one above!! Nicole, how fun to be in a photo class. I love your picture. I have liked taking them in the past because they do get you out and taking lots of pictures. Having assignments always helped me progress. Susan, your picture is gorgeous too, very striking and I agree with you about Casey's hikes and the pictures that result!!! I would love to go there too someday. Mine is from a trip to Alaska about 12 years ago.