Oh, yeah, I'm really gonna love this! Been wanting it for a long time, but did not, would not, could not bring myself to order it from Wayside, a pathetic excuse for a gardening retailer if you ask me. That looks like Touching on the left, is it? If it is, can you tell whether or not the Silk Road beats the Touching for fragrance? YEAH! I am sooooo sooooo glad to meet another lily nut. My friend across the street is one, too. We run the gamut between longiflorums, trumpets, martagons, asiatics, L.A.'s, orientals, asiatics, and daylilies (even tho not true lilies). Keep your fingers crossed for bloom on my cardiocrinum - one of these years! Would love to share with you, but I think you're way ahead of me. My formosanum is going great guns, so I hope to have tons of blooms (I have 4 stalks from one tiny plant, planted last spring). My friend, Ralph, has a bunch of stalks, but his have been in the ground for awhile. I also gave him my new bulbs a couple of years ago because I had to have brain surgery very quickly, and I just didn't have time to get them in the ground. But, hey, I know where he lives, right? Susan

Rafor, I'm prejudiced, but with her curls and red Christmas dress, striped tights, and reindeer booties, I couldn't help but brag a bit. PM, no new dishes this year, just another year older and a big red zit! Seriously, why did it have to be right at the end of my nose? Rhetorical question, LOL It did, however, feel like I was the victim of some giant cosmic prank. Does anyone have any fun/fantastic New Years plans? Candy

Happy Birthday one day late, Pam. Better late than never, my almost, kind of close to, sort of birthday twin except another day and another year, LOL. Snails, huh? I'm with you, they're too chewy and I think of those little slimy things on the sides of aquariums, but I'm coming up on the "7 year rule", so I'll have to try again, eventually. It sounds like you had a good birthday, don't stop now, celebrate with me right through the weekend! Annie

Happy Birthday, Samkaren! I mostly lurk here, and I have to know something. Where in the heck do you get decent ribs in Joliet? I can be there in 15 minutes! LOL