It's a cold wintry day, so I thought a touch of spring and an update on the hydroponic tomatoes might be in order. I planted these on January 8th. Here they are on January 27th. There were 3 or 4 seedlings per spot at this point. And here they are today, February 2nd. This shot is after they have been thinned, to a single seedling per spot. Here is the largest plant (on February 2nd) photographed beside a 1 cup measuring cup to show the actual size. I'm really pleased with the way they look so far. Kinda make your mouth water for spring, summer, and red, juicy, ripe tomatoes, doesn't it?

One time I got a book in the mail. It was called Shabby Chic and I didn't remember ordering it, but thought maybe I did, because I like that sort of thing. Opened it up and there was a card in it....I had gone to a country decorating magazine site...one of the first things I had ever done when I got webtv, and entered a sweepstakes, and actually won. So, at least that was a legitimate prize. I think it was just about the only thing I have ever won tho.

WOO HOO! I hope you're as happy with Charlie's Soap as I am, and many others are around this message board. No gift necessary... But wasn't that nice of you AND them :-). -Grainlady

I've ordered once from Houzz... apparently and thankfully I'm not getting these notifications or e-mails, unless they're automatically going to the "Promotions" folder on my Gmail account. Which I don't read. Oh, I've never gotten around to switching my Amazon account to my current e-mail address. I remember getting spam mail from something that said it was I-Tunes or Netflix or whatever it was about ten years ago... requesting money they said I owed... only those mails were going to an e-mail addy I never used with either of those services.