"Thank you, Tina...I was gritty...but happy."

"you look fantastique! what do they know anyway? "

"*le sigh*"

"@ Susan...I'm so sorry about your knee and I hope you feel better soon.  Perhaps that is where the term "lame duck" came from?  I know, too soon....but maybe you can have a laugh to brighten your day.  Take care...and…"

"Your energy, your talent, and these pictures...Just amazing.  We are in Athens, which isn't too far, I think we might need to come by for a visit sometime. "

"These colors are so beautiful."

"A guardian indeed. "

"I love the ingenuity of this.  What a lovely way to reuse all of those wonderful materials...and you have added a thing of beauty to the landscape.  Great work."

"What a sweetheart! Hadn't heard of these - now I need to google!"

"I would tend to agree with those in the "observation" group.  There is just no substitute.  We've been on our place about 6 years now.  We had a drought followed by a great deal of rainfall in 2007.  I took 2 or 3…"