Dear Kitty, It is so good to see you here. You once shared a photo of Tala with me via email. I remember how beautiful she was. The loss of your friend must have been terrible to bear. I am so sorry. I hope that Sasha will bring you joy in the future. Best regards, Blanca

Bri, we had 26 degrees for 7 hours and then we had 31 degrees for the next 9 hours. I was sure I lost the brugmansia plants, I tried to keep them covered, but the wind was just too strong. 2 weeks ago, I had just sticks in the ground and even thought about pulling them up. This weekend we went down and all the brugmansia except Lady of New Orleans were all sprouting from the ground. I still need to cut them back. I believe that your plants will come back, just have patience. I did loose the plumeria but the brugmansia are coming back. Get some superthrive, and pour on them, if there is a speck of life in them, they will come back. Barbra,

Good Morning, Everyone! Thank you all for the "welcome back". I missed each and every one of you. Stormy here today on this Good Friday. Dark and a bit chilly out. Good weather for gardens though. Glad for the rain though. We've had high temps and high, dry winds this past week and wildfires every day. Nothing close to here, but close enough that I could smell the smoke. My dogs erupted in chorus with every firetruck that passed by over on the highway.(hehehe). I took pictures of the gardens on the 31st. Glad I did, as the hot, dry winds dried out all the pretty yellow Jonquils later that day. Blasted hot winds ruined them before our Easter Sunday family picnic and egg hunt. They were magnificent in chorus with the yellow forsythias, white Bridle's Wreath, and Redbud trees now in full bloom all over the garden. My beloved Jane Magnolia is breathtakingly beautiful this year and smells so wonderful. I planted out some Orange Perfection Phlox yesterday. Tried them last year, but they didn't make it. This rain may ensure these do. I dug around in the bin at the store until I found one, just one package with moist peat inside. Holding it up to to sunlight, I could just make out something possibly alive in that dark green plastic bag. Makes me mad to pay five bucks for dead rootstock. They are not the best looking root stocks I ever saw, but think they will make it. I only need one to survive to establish a nice clump this year for next year's blooms. I also planted a package of purple Liatris and a package of Freesia bulbs for summer blooms. I love the smell of Freesia. Yummy. All the Peonies are up and beginning to make tiny flower buds. Hopefully the red ones and deep magenta ones will bloom this year too. If they do, it will be their first time. Some deer came into the yard this winter and ate the top branches off the one surviving River birch sapling, but it is recovering nicely now. I caged it with a tomato cage and for now they are leaving it alone. They are "camped" up on the hill, hiding in wait for my juicy, delicious roses to start blooming, no doubt. :[ I've been taking the dogs for walks up there every morning and hopefully their pee and poop will make them think twice about coming any closer to the back yard. My English Shepherd could easily take down a whitetail deer. DH said this weekend he would finish stretching field fence around on the inside of the existing barbed wire fencing to keep out critters. That won't keep deer out, but it will keep our dogs in, so we can let them run loose on the property. That will be great. They need the exercise and I need them to do their job protecting the place. They love it, too. Hopefully the raccoons & coyotes will take the hint. Keep Out! Anyhow, so far so good. Gotta go check on my chicks. They poopy up their water really fast and will be ready for breakfast. :) Talk to you guys later. ~Annie

The age would most likely be whenever your relative's father worked because it is unlikely that an office would contain a vintage piece of furniture. In terms of worth, the reality is that it isn't worth much because it is a piece of brown furniture in a style that is not popular or desirable. That's just the reality The amount you can get for the piece is going to depend on how you dispose of it and where you are located. Some areas probably still have more buyers for more traditional furniture. If you sell to a dealer, you will get less - if you find a consignment shop willing to actually take the piece, you might get a bit more. You can try craigslist but in my experience, craigslist has buyers who are either dealers or people looking for a bargain unless you actually had a collectible desirable piece. If you like the piece, use it because you wouldn't be able to get a replacement piece for less than what the actual fair market value of your piece is. If you want to get rid of it, see who wants it - or donate it. I just got rid of loads of "brown" furniture - my pieces were actually from the 19th Century and the prices I was offered were so low that I decided to donate them.