Rog, Morgan and I worked on neatening up our front yard this morning. It was really fun. Rog helped me cut back the main patch of yarrow, then weed whacked in back, on the side and along the front by the road. About that time, Morgan showed up, cut back the other patch of yarrow and told me we really ought to bind them up in a bunch and dry them all, so we did. It's a huge bundle! He also helped me get everything off of the front stoop after Rog dumped a couple of pots of straggly annuals and I hosed the whole thing down as well as the sidewalk to the driveway. It looks a lot better out there, more welcoming. We've had a lovely, steady rain all afternoon, so Nature is doing its bit to help clean up, too, refreshing all of the leaves, washing the dust off. It's a day to be gratefull and I am.:-)

SRS, glad you are back safely. That barely speaking to mom thing is, I believe, one way they cope with leaving...helps them not to break down and get all "emotional" about being on their own for the first time. My daughter was that way, then picked a fight just before she moved out the first time.