No it hasn't stopped yet. The sap is just running out of the ends, running down the limbs and dripping on the floor if possible. I planned on continuing to grow the tree, having cut it shorter and putting it in a south facing window, so I'd want to continue to water it. I just don't remember this happening before and I have another tree I cut by half and put in another window which is not doing this at all. It also has leaves on it, while the Santa Rosa has only about 5. Weird, huh? Diane

Hi ESH! So good to hear from you. The garden is going good, what didn't get washed away by the 5½ inches of rain, the freeze and what I didn't wrap up when I plowed it... lol Both sweet corn (Peaches & Cream) and the field corn are doing well, just need some rain. Hard to believe that parts of the field need water and parts are too wet to plow. Thanks for asking, but I am doing about as good as could be expected. Fell in the garage the other day and bruised or cracked my tail bone... that is smarts! Go back to the doctor tomorrow for MRI results. Hope the family is well. Don't you love this weather? If we just had about a ½ inch of rain it would be perfect. Take care of yourself. Again, nice to hear from you. Shot

Trailrunner, your home is just so beautiful and it seems to be full of who you are as a person. I don't know your story but I too have one of my own. The sentence that began "All any of us can do" really spoke to me today and I don't even know what words I can say to thank you for them. I don't mean for this to be an OT not by any means, but I try to surround myself with things that are attractive to me. The beauty might be in the character of your unupholstered chair or the unknown history of memazz's bowling pins or a painting that tells a story to me. My family doesn't understand the importance decorating has in my life, and luckily doesn't really have any influence on what I do - I couldn't imagine that battle. For me, it is the desire to surround myself with things that I find beautiful and items that evoke happy memories that dictates what I do. My rooms would not be in any magazine and pale in comparison to rooms I have seen in this blog (like your dining room) but adding something or altering a room bringing it closer to being "me" is what I strive for. Sitting in a chair in my LR, with my coffee, watching the cat as she sleeps next to "my" chair - no one else likes the color but I think it is "gorgeous" - with the colors of the vase (which I picked out just knowing that it would cast the most magnificent shadow) in the window beginning to creep upon her fur is more beautiful than any diamond I could own. So again, without meaning for this to be OT - I tend to look at people's rooms as more than what is "correct" as to how much of their personality is there. So many of your pieces from the stories you have told seem to tell some of the stories of your life. Do you like I, place what may be to most people, a greater desire to surround yourself with things that elicit positive thoughts. I find that not many people understand that it is more than just accumulating or matching "things". How much does ingesting your personality matter when you are designing a room?

Has she already tried dismembering the cat? I regretfully have polished marble on my bathroom floor. So far, whether the damage is done by a contractor or a hair product, I've had success mixing hydrogen pyroxide with baking soda into a paste, putting it on the stain, covering with plastic wrap and leaving it overnight. No guarantees this will work on her marble or not damage it, so you may want to go back to my suggestion about the cat.