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Comment by michelle l arnold on December 24, 2009 at 3:49pm

Understand I do. I love going out in the early mornings, we had a garter snake living out back in the flower beds for 2 seasons, he would just sit and watch. I wake up to sand hill cranes every morning at dawn, they are my alarm clock. then, the turkeys and the blue jays, chickadees, and finches. the only problem with early morning; mosquitos are out then also. ugh. My husband and I did talk of becoming snow birds in our retirement days, however, I can see us going southwest vs south. I love visiting dry areas.

Comment by Pat Tucker on December 23, 2009 at 6:12pm

Hi Michelle, I lived the first 60 years of my life in Mi. and love the snow too. Now, we spend six months in Fla. and six in the mountains of N.C. I can grow anything in those mountains and have a yard full of flowers every summer. I can hardly wait for spring so I can get back to playing in the dirt. My husband laughs at me every morning when I take my coffee cup and go out to visit my flowers. Since we are in a remote area, I can do this in my robe and slippers. The birds don't care if I talk to them and the flowres. Even the resident bunny loves the morning visit. Sometimes she gets a good scolding for eating a few blooms. I really do not care to garden in Fl. but always have a few pots of bloomers on the porch that go back to N.C. with me in April.