I was gonna come, Bill, but it was so damn NICE out! The previous two weekends I had been more or less scheduled, with little free time, and NO time to spend out in my garden, except for frantically bringing plants in when it was gonna frost on the 6th and 7th. Imagine me outdoors with a flashlight at midnight, bundled up against the cold, bringing great BIG houseplants indoors, with nowhere to put the last of them but my kitchen table. (Oh, and the VERY last I put in my car and brought to Max!)

So when Sat. was so nice and warm, I couldn't resist the Call of the Garden! I had dead eggplant, tomato, and pepper plants to pull up, the patio to sweep, semi-frostbitten plants to rescue, etc. And it was glorious outside!!! Now you'll never catch me revelling in the opportunity to do housework, like I revel in the chance to do stuff in my garden! It's just different somehow! Then when I got tired, I also got sleepy, so I took a "little nap", so that I'd be "fresh" when I was gonna drive down! When I woke up 4 hours later, it was getting dark out, and I figured I'd probably get lost! So that's why I didn't come.

Marymac