Today, I got the girl's name and found out where she lives from my neighbor with the grandson who I let come over. She said the girl is pretty wild, and not a good influence on her grandson. She once tried to get him to do tricks on his bicycle in the street. He is supposed to stay away from her. (She's older, anyway.) My neighbor said I shouldn't go to her house to get on better terms with her, as she will do what she wants anyway, and may interpret it that I am letting her come over after all. She said to wait until I see her near here again. Speaking of knowing what cats eat. I found out that her grandson had put another cat in with the tomato hornworm, and it ate part of the hornworm! Do any of you know if cats will eat each other? I was wondering if it was one of my Swallowtail cats that he put in with his. I guess he cried and cried, and his day said they'd let it go, and maybe it would grow new parts. Mary, part of me can't see how people would have the nerve to pick your roses, but another part thinks many people are clods when it comes to the appreciation of gardening and respect for others' property, and is not surprised. I'll look up the urica. :o) Living on a corner exposes you to the public. I hope they never put sidewalks in our yard! My in-laws had a fence they had to move because it was in the easement. Our back yard fence is in the easement, though, I think. I just know our shed goes out to it, and we can't build a new one because structures have to line up with the houses on either side of the lot. If our house burns down, I don't think we'll be allowed to rebuild. I do hope I see the girl soon, as I do agree I should explain why I was so upset. I think what irks me the most, is that by her telling the friend she hoped I wasn't outside, that meant she was knowingly, deliberately doing something she knew I didn't want her to do. Thanks for all the feedback, Sue

Just Beautiful! you do such a beautiful job on all your projects you share with us,your tags are sooo very pretty! will have to take a walk in the creek and see if I can find some rocks worth painting on,still waiting to try that one, havent crafted in way to long. Thanks for shareing! oddie

Why is it that people don't recognize talent when it isn't art or music? You have a great talent!! I love them both but the clogs are too cute. Wish I knew how to knit.

Cowboy, I don't know what the "slug bells" cost, but I could make up a whole bunch of them for less than $30---the price of a couple of really nice hostas. This is a sink drain, selling at Home Depot for $1.98. There is a screw on the bottom of the rubber stopper that you can remove, to give you a central hole. If the holes are too big, lay a scrap of nylon screening over them to keep the Sluggo from falling through. This is an 18" plant support from Home Depot. It costs $1.17. It would be easy to slide the sink drain basket halfway up the length of this and then slide a holed rubber stopper or cork (if you're a wine drinker, save those corks!) up underneath that to support the drain basket. Finally, get some cheap but pretty large coffee mugs at a yard sale or a clearance at a drug store or grocery store. You can often find some for like 50 cents apiece, certainly no more than a dollar. Hang that open side down over the wire spiral at the top of the plant support. Voila, your own cheapie version of a "Slug Bell". If you like the earthy look, substitute a 4" diameter clay plant pot from Home Depot (78 cents) for the coffee mug. Total cost = a shade over $5 vs. $18 for those Slug Bells.