Ya Ya Nancy said it right, you just copy and paste the tag line into this box. Thanks everyone for the kind comments. I just have a city lot, my front bed is small and I cram a lot into it, the pots are pot to pot. The back yard has a big iris bed approx. 40' x 8' and a couple of other beds mixed with irises and daylilies, nothing spectacular. I am proud of my 3 bald cypress trees, they have light and airy leaves. I also have about 20 crepe myrtles which bloom in the summer or June. I just line my pots up everywhere in the back LOL I hope the rain stops today because I have company coming tomorrow from out of town and want it to look nice. Somehow soggy flowers don't look too appealing. Can't really complain about the rain though because we needed it so bad. Dot

Hello from Ft. Lauderdale, I am the go-to guy in my nursery for ideas, answers to questions, etc. I sell hundreds of both palms each month, and can tell you the basic visual difference. Cat palms are considered understory palms (in nature, grows under the canopy of taller plants) so are conditioned to like shadier areas during the heat of the day. They like LOTS of water, can actually take being overwatered, but no drought. They grow to about 7 or 8 ft. tall in the ground, often shorter in a pot. The stems of a cat palm are rather bulbous towards the bottom as compared to the pencil-thin and pencil-shaped stems of the areca palm. The cat palm has relatively few stems, perhaps a dozen in a 10 inch pot, the areca many, many usually thinner stems. The areca will grow to 18 to 20 ft. tall in the ground with the stems growing correspondently thicker, and by necessity is fine in full sun, and to perhaps 10 or 12 ft. in a large pot. The cat palm will therefore take more shade for a longer time (indoors, for example) as long as adequate food and water are applied. Cat palms can tolerate full sun, but will usually get an overall yellowish appearance in the leaves from too much sun, which will green up again when the hot summer weather turns cooler.

Indeed you did say that, but you said you "think" she was due, not that she was definitely due, so I didn't know you were an expert and I made that suggestion. My apologies. I would still get her to a vet to get her cared for before she has the kittens, the vet might have options for the cat and her kittens once they are born. And at least you will know what kind of shape she is in physically when you find a home for her, there will be no surprises for the new family. They would need to know if she is FIV positive or has heartworms or other possible problems. It will be easier to find homes for guaranteed healthy kittens than ones you aren't sure about. Best of luck with your situation, and give mama a snuggle for me!

It looks great! In fact, picture perfect....keep going. And send your DD over here! I wish I had an artsy craftsy daughter! I have two sportsy girls (not a scrapbooking/painting/decorating bone in their bodies). It used to make me madly crazy when it was book report time--they would throw some pics on a cardboard piece and proclaim they were done. I would have spent 10 hours on something like that as a kid LOL. It probably drove MY mom crazy (she was doctor and couldn't care less about art!) The Quiet Moments color looks really nice--just a teaser I know, but can't wait to see the finished product...then are you done?