"Thanks  girls, been gone for a week, you should see all the blooms now..... :)"

"Vicky you have very good ideas. I do have several 6 inch PVC pipe 8ft long out in the Barn I could use I would need to drill holes in them and stick them in the ground. I guess I can do that latter . I planted them in between the Maters for they…"

"What a beautiful scene. Everything looks so fresh and lush in spring!"

"The fruit from the pineapple guava is not picked. It falls, which is the sign it is ready to eat, and then you pick it up.  In Australia, we are all under the impression it is a New Zealand plant, which I now see, turns out to be wrong."

"Beth, I also had a fascination, my mother tells a story where my snake got loose and met her halfway up the staircase on the way our room. We disturbed a beautiful mild snake in our new home digging to install the waterline, and I gently placed it…"

"Went to Cedar Hill State Park today and they have lots of different bird houses throughout the park.  Saw egrets, ducks, cardinals, blue birds and blue jays.  <sigh>"

"Great shots of the beautiful tree swallows.  "

"Thanks for the correction Yvonne!  I have several varieties of orchids that all seem to all  bloom  in May.  This particular cattalea hasn't bloomed much - but now that I am better at fertilizing it's blooming much…"