Lars - Growing up in a Jewish household, I was always envious of my Christian friends at Christmas. They all had these beautiful trees; full of colored lights and glittering ornaments. And of course, boxes and boxes of wrapped presents in all different happy designs and ribbons. We had a plug-in menorah and a coat closet with our wrapped presents - blue and white paper only - placed high enough that we couldn't reach them. When I met Suzi, the first thing I made clear was that Jewish or not, we were going to always have a Christmas tree. (The irony was that despite being born Jewish, she had become Catholic 33 years before we met.) So even though she's gone I'm going to carry on the tradition. Here's mine...

kuroc Welcome back! It has been long time - I think you were member of GW for quite a while? Do you have photos of some of your seed-grown plants? Fan aloes have such nice shape.

Oh in bed olychick, I looked really cute. I have a small flashlight which I held to the top of my head with a stretchy headband. But it worked fine for reading in bed. I also survived having learned that my iphone timer can be set, not just for the chime when timer is up, but to stop playing. So I was able to play a podcast and fall asleep to it...a great substitute for not having tv.

Hey Cooper! I remember you. It is good to see you are back with us.