Michelle - you might just want to put a few leaves of fresh milkweed in your containers each day, so that when the eggs hatch there will fresh food for them to climb onto. Doesn't it just make you sick at your stomach to see them mow all that milkweed? Ugh.....it would make me sick and mad and disappointed, and probably a phone call to whomever might be doing the mowing (the city, county?) to let them know this area is a habitat. I might even put up a sign stating "Monarch Birthing Center" or something similar. Maybe they would leave it alone. Susan

Tammy, we love the Southport and Oak Island areas too. Southport is like you stepped back in time! That's one area I believe I could live. Calabash is nice too. John, we like the aquarium up that way and there's an area around Ocean City we like. Still have to check out the Elizabethan Gardens. Transplanted, that's an area I don't think we've ever been to, sounds lovely and interesing. ncrescue, We like Salisbury (neat old hardware store called Rufty), it's very quaint and laid back. We'll have to check out the cemetery. Some of the old roses you'll find at older cemeteries are tuff little plants and so fragrant. My husband has a memory of an old cemetery where they had what folks referred to as an old cemetery iris. He took me there one time to see some old family graves for genealogy purposes but they had just finished blooming. Not the Carolinas but here are some places in East TN. I think we've been to all of them multiple times. Have had more picnics in that area than I can count, even winter picnics! My dh grew up in that area and his Dad preached all over those hollows. Roaring Fork auto tour is incredible. Too small to drive RV's, Buses, etc due to old growth trees right up against the road. As I recall there use to be an old country store (pot belly stove and all that was NOT for decoration, lol) along there that we stopped in one day and there was an elderly gentleman sitting outside whittling that entertained my kids (and us) with stories while we looked around. He had as much or more fun than we did. There's another auto tour that takes you back into the hills where a lot of cottage/craft people live and sell their wares and you HAVE to see Cades Cove early morning or late evening. It's a one way loop thru an old mountain community. Most of the homes are gone, but they have preserved a few. Old cemeteries and churches, from the civil war era, lots of trails to hike and so forth. In the spring you'll see huge patches of daffs out in a field where a homestead use to be. Lots of dear, bear, skunks, etc. If you go in the early morn or late eve you'll see more of the critter kingdom. Slow down or you'll miss it!! I've heard people say they went thru it and didn't see the big deal. Those are the people that we pull over for and allowed to pass us. The deer cross from the wooded areas on one side of the road to the fields on the other in the day time and back across in the evenings, and they'll often come right across the road in front of you. Also when you cross the little streams look up a ways into the woods and you may see them in that area. There's a picnic area where kids (and big kids) can wade/splash in the water and we've often seen baby bears with their mamas roaming around. Umm, stay away from them! My daughter chased a family of skunks thru there when she was little calling out to them 'here kitty kitty..' luckily mom must have sensed she wasn't a threat! They also have an old mill arera where they hold special events thru the year. We especially love Old Timers Day with all the fiddle, banjo, etc. players. There's also the Townsend area, Greenback, the old Greenbriar school, the sinks, there are some old covered bridges in the area. There's a small power plant on I-40 right on the state line between NC and TN. If you take off back thru there it goes thru the Cosby area and then on to Gatlinburg. It's one of those areas where the back end of your car meets the front end, continual hairpin turns. Yep, we've roamed those hills, lol. Here is a link that might be useful: east TN

Thanks everyone for your appreciation of my flowers. I was very happy this year because I usually only have my 3 reliables bloom every year. This year I had at least a dozen bloom. There are some buds forming on others, but I think it's too late to see them get to full flowers. I'm also going to miss my yellow desert rose bloom. Maybe I should take it with me. Do they travel well? :-) We still are having lovely weather, but it's supposed to change next week. I'll have to bring in some of my tenders before I leave (jades, desert rose, mamms). I usually leave the Echinopsis, Notos and Trichos out to get a little chilled before I bring them in. Greg, I'm glad you've been to Mexican Hat Nursery and can confirm it's worth going to. I emailed and they also wanted me to call as a reminder. I'm excited--my poor DH. We will only have the mini cooper full of trip stuff so I won't be able to go crazy. Did he plan it that way?

Doesn't Blu Ray generally have more supplemental content, including online? I haven't done a comparison, but I found a review of the Deadwood blu ray set that says this: HBO’s Blu-ray set includes everything. I can’t wait until they do this with The Wire though that was 4×3, so it makes a little less sense, but still. The show and all the DVD supplements are presented over a thirteen disc set. Almost all of the supplementary material could have been relegated to one disc, but this set represents the HBO way – all class, all luxury. Every episode is presented in picture-perfect widescreen (1.78:1) and in 5.1 DTS-HD surround. The presentation is immaculate. This is how the show should look, and the rich details and dust and swagger are preserved here. There's more about what's included in the Blu Ray further on in the review. http://collider.com/deadwood-the-complete-series-blu-ray-review/ Here's another review which talks about the HD transformation and lists all the extras. I think it says that it has all the extras from the DVD set plus more, but it's too early for me to read it closely. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/46021/deadwood-the-complete-series/