The accurate name of our front door colour is "Desert Shadows" and it is a brownish purple...if that makes sense. I love it! I failed twice to get the hue I wanted...and Benjamin Moore came to the rescue. I remember that Benjamin Moore was what Honey (where ARE you???) chose for her smart red room too. As far as house projects, the last thing around here was replacing lightbulbs (6 of them) and some flashlight batteries. No big projects on the screen for a while. Cindy, so nice to hear from you. I hope your weekend is all about relaxation. Glad things are looking UP. Speaking of circus...I'm reading Like Water for Elephants. WOW, what an opening. The retirement home is so depressingly accurate, except that the ladies seem more verbal than the ones I met at Mom's place. Well, the puppet I started as a cat ended up being a bear! In fact, I'm not at all sure it is recognizable as any animal in particular. DH thought it might be a wolf! It is at least fuzzy and brown. Not being able to use button eyes is a real problem as far as critter personality is concerned. I'll try to make the next one a CAT! Woody, I'm so glad to have you posting again. The garage is looking so tidy and clean. (Ours is not, though several garbage bags worth of plastic pots were given away.) That last photo of Randy is not the best I've seen. You ladies have to know that he is one very handsome dude! I am of course glad to have Eden and Martie stopping in again frequently. Today seems to be the day of frantic cleaning and cooking, that is, south of the Canadian border. I have done little this past week along those lines and mainly served soup and cheese and crackers as dinner. That's fine with us, it's Autumn after all! Julie, just always filled with admiration for you guys turning your lives inside out, after retirement no less. It is for the best of causes and I hope DS has an inkling about what you have done for him as well. I can almost imagine abandoning such a project...but I would have done what you did in the end, given your circumstances. If anyone deserves huge thank yous, it is the two of you. Of course we don't always get those...but I hope you do!!! I'm told that Ms Ivy was discovered on the second stair up to the main floor, in spite of the gate having been firmly installed. Such a physical little rascal she is. I guess if you aren't pushing through teeth or growing long hair you gotta do something. She stands next to everything these days: walls, the couch, chairs, etc. She also falls at times too. Drema, that birthday begonia (?) for Marian is one gorgeous plant! I always fall for white blooms...and get teased for it too. And Marian, I hope you are feeling a bit better with each day. DH is in Toronto once again, so I'm off to nibble a few things and call it lunch. Later, 'bug

Hey everyone Thank a lot. I love it. I have a very generous friend that showed me how to carve out any size hole I want just by using the flat end of a screw driver and any blunt instrument. It could be feather rock, but I am not sure. Yes, there is holes at the bottom that are very easy to make. We definitely need the drainage for our babies. The top And the bottom This pic is feather rock and looks just like mine above. I love your idea about selling these.lol Good night all:-)

Marcia, When we built our home we dug up all the generic plant/shrub stuff from the contractor. We then planted about 5 thryallis bushes. They were truly lovely! I love the tender gentle leaves and delicate yellow flowers. When we put in the hacienda brick raised bed out front, we were looking for more sturdy plants and thus removed the thryallis. It is really a pretty shrub if you have room for it. Very cheery and adds a soft touch! Here's a pic with some yellow shrimp plants when the Thryallis was in it's glory. Lordy!! That was back in 2005!! Where did my life go??? I think I will maybe plant some more thryallis over by the boat pad, just foo the wall to conceal the boat a bit. They would look real sweet there I am thinking! (CLICK ME TO SEE ME BIGGER)

Plantknitter--luscious and expensive! I got some Touch Me Due yarn (HAD to have it) that I'm going to try to knit. We'll see. I hear it 'worms' with some knitting stitches and I'm sure it's better woven. My mother was as jealous over that yarn as I've ever seen her over anything-ordinarily she's quite tranquil and genteel. She marched back to her room and right back out with a pattern book that had a Touch Me scarf earmarked. There was really an edge to her voice, like I'd gotten the last Touch Me Due on earth, and broken in line in front of her to do it. I was delighted, of course. ;)