Sweet little buttercup -- she does have that small, feminine face. What a beauty. Sorry for your loss, Eden. (I know you're a big fan of The Princess Bride, so I'm guessing that was the inspiration for her name.) Brenda, I've seen the photos but haven't commented on the other threads yet. Wow! I had no idea that the price of jumping included the non-stop bear hug on the way down. I thought everyone pulled their own cords. That's slightly more reassuring than falling by your lonesome. What a great thing to do with your son. Hope you had a fine day in the "big town." Saucy, sorry to hear Sarah's under the weather. It's so consoling to both of you to nap together when she's not well, isn't it? That's great news about the cyclists, Mary, and your night on the town too. Young Frankenstein is probably my favorite of Brooks' movies. Kathy, your garden is beautiful, very Oudolf-esque. I've been ever alert for Star of Yelta/Yalta (wasn't that Roosevelt? ;) morning glories, progeny of last year's mad fling. Never again. Hundreds of seedlings have been slaughtered to date. Nice to hear you're making container plans, PM. Garden plans always pull you forward, don't they? V, your emergency supplies must be awe-inspiring with the frequent opportunities you have to use them being at Storm Central. Hand-cranked generators and whatnot, a cleverly packed box probably sitting by the front door. Glad to hear the family is safe and accounted for. Babs, that verbena was an exuberant volunteer for me as well, until Marty took an active dislike of that particular plant and thoroughly eradicated it from the garden. I found one seedling this year after having zip for the past few years running. It sowed into the paving, and while I love to brush by plants, that's where he draws the line. Doesn't like plants to reach out for him! Gorgeous pies, Woody, and looking forward to hearing more plans of the front garden re-do. Nite, all.

Daffodils have always been the signal for spring to me, but they were blooming last week here ... h-m-m-m-m, and now its colder than ever this week. I certainly enjoyed the poetry! The flowering shrubs have been blooming on Quince Avenue for a couple of weeks in Memphis -- could they be flowering Quince? Just wondered if any one knew. They have small white blooms all over them and I thought someone might have planted flowering Quince on Quince Avenue. I have seen some Forsythia blooming in my area also, but mine are still dormant. A little Robin has been hiding in my evergreens and all the red berries are disappearing off my 3 hollies ... so cute! I didn't even know they were edible. All the seed displays are going up in the big stores and its hard to resist, but I will resist this year because last year we did it all too early, but it is exciting! Hey, there are some pretty garden themed screen savers free on guideposts' website. Katie

Evening All! It was the same here, Tuesday, Margo, overcast and windy but the wind wasn't bitterly cold, which was a welcome change. My mini daffs are starting to bloom! The crocuses are still going strong. And I too am still tired. Bummer! I was reading back thro the posts on this thread and way back at the beginning of this swap, I promised to keep the Robin's flight plan posted. You may have noticed, I haven't done that! So here it is, a little late, and I'll try my best to keep it updated! I sent to Peggy in Washington; Peggy sent it on to Heidi in Nebraska; Heidi mailed it on to Annie in California; Annie mailed it to Ruth in Texas; Ruth sent it flying to Melinda in Arkansas; Melinda just sent it to Diane/Moonfire; Diane sends it to Jeanne/sandlapper_rose in South Carolina; Jeanne sends it to Alana/poisondartfrog in Kentucky; Alana sends it to Robin in Virginia; Robin sends it to Vina/flowergirl134 in New York; Vina sends it to Janine/Jaynine in Connecticut; Janine sends it to Suzanne/hibiscusfan in Ohio; Suzanne sends it to Margo/smitties in Ohio; and Margo will send it to Katie in Mississippi, who will send the completed poem back to me! Hope I didn't skip anyone! Have a great day tomorrow! Shirley!

Thanks Connie! I just sent it to my DB in Minot! :o) They were here last week(VA) and Sat. we sat out on the porch (60 degrees). Sun after they got back home, it took him 3 hours to snow blow his driveway so they could get their car back in the garage. :o) Think I'll stay here in VA.