Hi John and Agatha, Your garden is looking stunning - bet your visitors for the open weekend were impressed! :) Thanks for sharing with us. No doubt about it - you grow those magnificent vrieseas really well.......wiping off snail-trail drool from puter screen... In fourth photo, top left, is that the 'to die for' V.Pacific Blush? My garden is not ready yet to show off how it now looks post-frost. But it's getting there. We have had such a wet summer - sun shone yesterday for first time in many weeks. Floods have been the latest punishment by good ol' Mother Nature, even though much of the country (Australia) is still declared drought-stricken. But I still stubbornly want to believe the 'cycle theory', rather than the 'global warming' one. Sorry folks - not supposed to use the dreaded "G.W." term - but of course I mean Garden Web, the pulse of our passion! :) Fawnridge - I live near the Gold Coast, and expect a visit from you and partner (spare bed too), when you are on your big trip! Cheers, Kerry PS. Is anyone else getting weird alien/monster thingies appearing on screen while on this site? They appear briefly, as if ripping page open, then disappear. Maybe I've just gone stir-crazy from the rain!!

Great thread - I love quotes, and especially garden quotes. This is one of my favorites: "I appreciate the misunderstanding I have had with Nature over my perennial border. I think it is a flower garden; she thinks it is a meadow lacking grass, and tries to correct the error." ~Sara Stein, My Weeds, 1988 "God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done." ~Author Unknown This is a good reason to plant some flowers with the veggies: "A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by little it grows nothing but vegetables, nothing, nothing but vegetables." Gertrude Stein "A good garden may have some weeds." Thomas Fuller And this is my personal quote: "A good friend, a dog, a garden, a book, and a glass of wine makes for a very good life." Luckygal

LOL Mitch! Thank You so much for the good wishes and Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians!! It's a gorgeous day here at the lake, beautiful, perfect summer day. To celebrate Canada Day we are taking friends and family out on the "party boat" for an evening cruise and BBQ. We will end up at the marina for the fire works. As we have for the last too many years, when the bugler plays "Oh Canada", we will remember all our brave young Canadian men and women in Afghanistan and wish them home soon, safe and sound.

Hello everyone and welcome newbies! Had to take DH for his kidney stones procedure yesterday. He's OK, but needs someone in the house with him. I've got him set up in the guest room on our second level, so I can keep an eye on him while I am in our office working. He had two on the left and they found another two on the right side, so I need to make another appointment to get them all blasted. Lots of drama going on with my brother lately. My sister and I made some decisions that was difficult for me, but it's time I let him fly on his own. I feel better about it, because he has not really had any brother-sister relationship with me and does not want it now. He simply does not have any emotional support to give, so he will fly or fall. Will let you all know more about it when some things are settled. My counselor wanted me to get mad and stay mad at him, and I am finally getting some peace with that! Can you believe it? She told me that if anyone treated me as badly as I treat myself, there would be a restraining order against them! I don't always see it that way, but she's the expert! Gotta run; I'm working from home, and my e:mail keeps ringing. Make this day count! Hug your family! Take care, eat healthy, and NEVER NEVER GIVE UP! DeeMarie PS: Marci, can you come over with all your energy and help me with closets? LOL