Yes, life is good again... My part time job I love resumes this coming Monday and I have another job on the side...both involve butterfly gardens :-D I just hope I can keep up c 3 jobs... Our snow is completely gone now, though I still see a little frozen ground here and there. Highs in the upper 50s and mid 60s all this week :) I'm just waiting to see my first American Lady or Red Admiral ELF...ETA around three weeks or so as soon as the host plants grow in.

I'm looking forward to seeing mine come up! And also, I think I'm going to have to get some corydalis. Garden forums will be the death of me (or, more to the point, my budget.)

A Mantis! You don't know how many people around here would like a friend like that! As for your pepper identification. I have similar looking habaneros. I bet they have long low somewhat intrusive branches (like scotch bonnets) if you let them grow their own way. My seeds are also from Africa. Except mine ripen straight from green to a deep red. Extremely hot, quite a bit hotter than the Scotch Bonnet. I suspect it is an orange habanero. Which is a scorcher of a pepper. That's my guess. My own peppers have all the aspects of the Red Savina. But I doubt Savinas are grown in Africa. Someone around here might know. For now, mine certainly a Red Habanero.

Oh Edgar Degas, I love it. I'm sure I will be looking up Dorothy Wilson soon, it's beautiful Beth. I'm excited for you. I think my first will be Mdme. de Sevigne, she has big fat buds. I welcome any bloom. It's almost like popcorn when they start isn't it. They all start opening. Carla