Audrey, it does like like someone colored in those perfect stripes! Oh, and we'll have to wear name tags or red shirts (or something!) to the SABG spring break plant sale, and get together on what day we're going. I'm planning on going the first day as soon as they open. One thing is -- I'll have my camera in hand :-)

Generally that refers to the things that they use to do displays...or any item that has been used in a display. Confused yet :^) I have been known to find the odd piece of furniture, linens, dishes, occasionally shoes and items of clothing, etc..

Linelle, in reading series books I use the analogy of binge watching a tv show. You don't HAVE to start at the beginning but to get the full effect of an author's character development it's far preferable to do that. Authors have different skill levels and good ones are able to write what amount to stand alone books, but most eventually can't/don't flesh out entire back stories. So for example (mild spoilers) in the latest Joe Pickett book a constant reader will smile during a passage about someone's new clean truck and why Joe never gets issued one in his job. It's not mentioned that one of the daughters is adopted and has had a very rough road to adulthood but if you've read em all you might be quietly happy that there is no drama mentioned for her this time around. And so on.

Read a few books so far, but not as much as normal as the whole family is up about 30 minutes to an hour later than normal so less time to read before I pass out. I finished the below ones: The sun-down motel by Simone St James which I really liked even though it had some elements that I normally would not pick the book for. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris which was really good and is in part based on real people. Such a hard topic though. Now I'm almost finished with a little lighter reading Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney which had lots of twists and turns and was a good psychological thriller The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides - Started this one about a month ago and had dropped reading it twice, but finally got through it. For me it needed me to get about half-way through it and then it got interesting. Another psychological thriller. Now almost finished with a little lighter reading with the latest book by John Sanford in the Lucas Davenport series: Masked Pray. Only have about 20 or so pages left, but it has been an easy read and interesting as it relates a bit to the current political climate, but not one of the best in the series.