My seedlings have mostly sprouted, all of the sweet pea and most of the calendula. It's about time to pot them out, and the probably last real rain of the winter has just passed. The veggie seeds were a bust, every last one. The sun comes in and out and the crocosmia are in their glory. So far everything I bought or planted is still alive, and believe me that's a first, especially the basil and lobelia which I kill regularly every year. The come back from my sojourn in the States has been rough, and I'm starting to feel as if I barely understand what I went through there in my heart and head, but slowly it is working it's way through my soul. The future, reltionships, wants and needs, plans and expectations, all are slowly fermenting, and I might not like all the answers, but hopefully I can trust them. The tickets for our yearly Folk festival here are bought, and so are the tickets for a special once in forever concert with Joan Armatrading, who is visiting here in the summer, and will be worth every penny. (BTW Kathy , June Millington and her band were especially delightful and exciting and wonderous onstage at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival for so many years, and please thank them for me for their talent and humor and courage). The kids are all fine and blossoming on the three continents where each one is right now, and my eldest, whom I haven't seen in over a year and a half, will be here for three months soon. We're all healthy, and working, a real blessing that we often gripe about but I am eternally grateful that I have a decent job. The hummingbirds are out in the day, the bats are out at night, and the neighborhood rats haven't come out yet, and neither have the skeeters. Life is good.

Morning all! Hope everyone had a terrific weekend! We're just waiting for 1 more box and this swap will be wrapped up. I know I am the worst at this, but, if everyone could remember to go the rate and review board and leave a review for your swapper that would be awesome! Sue, I'm digging your bingo winner today :) Hopefully will be going out later...the latest tomorrow. Just want it to be dry enough. We've had rain everyday!! OH MY'ERS: Shirley (brittneysgran) AND Alana (poisondartfrog) SWAP WITH EACH OTHER~~Shirley SENT~~Alana REC'D~~~Alana SENT~~~Shirley REC'D~~~COMPLETE frankielynn AND Sue (sueguanzon) SWAP WITH EACH OTHER~~~frannkielynn SENT~~~Sue REC'D~~~Sue SENT~~~Sue SENT~~~ Kathie (sinbadsmom) AND Jayeanne (pinkiris) SWAP WITH EACH OTHER~~~ Jayeanne (pinkiris) SENT~~~Kathie (sinbadsmom) REC'D~~~Kathie (sinbadsmom) SENT~~~Jayeanne (pinkiris) REC'D~~ COMPLETE Sheri (panhandle_seed_swap) AND Cinnie0 SWAP WITH EACH OTHER~~~Sheri SENT :)~~~~Cinnie0 REC'D~~~Cinnie0 SENT~~~Sheri REC'D~~COMPLETE Suzanne(hibiscusfan) SENDS TO Colcol ~~SENT~~REC'D~~COMPLETE Colcol SENDS TO Vina (flowergirl34)~~SENT~~REC'D~~~COMPLETE Vina(flowergirl34) SENDS TO Suzanne (hibiscusfan)~~~SENT~~REC'D~~~COMPLETE Have a great Monday! vina Iris: Carnival Song

I certainly don't think I've stolen the cat. There are always posters of lost/found pets at the mailboxes, so I posted them on all the mail centers and in the stairwells of the apartments with e-mail address and phone number. If the people cared about the cat they could have put a collar with a tag on him instead of the crusty flea collar that I found him in. Jasper's vet is just down the street from the complex, so I will go there to see if anyone reported a lost cat. I've been waiting to have him vaccinated and neutered to see if anyone claims him yet, but I have an appointment for Monday at the low cost animal care shelter to get that taken care of. If I spend money on that and then someone claims him, they will have to reimburse me for the expense. They should have done it in the first place. I don't feel like a hero or a theif. If someone calls with an accurate description of the cat and pays me for the medical expense they can have it back. Until or unless that happens, I am going to be a good steward with the life that has been (even if temmporarily) entrusted to me by happenstance or the great Universe or whatever you believe in and enjoy every second of it. Maybe there are people on this forum who would rather me turn the cat back onto the streets so he can get run over by cars or eaten by predators in hopes that he will wander back to his original "owners". I placed an add on Craigs List. I've gotten 3 offers for Viagra and one offer to make a million dollars a month to work at home from a textile shop based in the UK. Then the add was flagged. There is a point at which you have to draw the line. Maybe I should quit my job and just knock on every door in the state until someone says the lost the cat I have found. Then I will be able to sleep at night since I'm such a horrible person! Some people!

Wow....what an amazing list of people.... too many of them no longer with us or active here. It is nice to remember some of their names and their struggles that we shared. Thanks for the memories.