"Niles," Sorcha? Wed. and Thurs. are half price day and Friday is bag day. I'd say come on over, but I will have picked it clean by then!**BG**

Thanks, ya'll. Nice to share this with you. Just after I typed and posted this thread, as I was getting ready to go back, this time with Rog, my cousin called to tell me my favourite aunt had died. She would have been 81 in June.

My Aunt Margaret was a person who always lived in the moment, had an ascerbic wit, wrote with a rapier-like pen, had a whiskey voice from smoking, and was totally irreverent pulling no punches in telling it like it was. She had gorgeous rhodedendrons and just before she moved to an small apt. with some assisted care, in December, she had cats like me...I took after her in a lot of ways because she was one of my earliest *heros*.

Like me, she was the only one of her family to make a major move away from family, live a bit of a rebellious life, and still raise a family with lots of love and support. She had to give her cats to a no-kill shelter when she moved, but before she died she found out that they had been adopted, together, into a loving home. I know she was grateful for that and so am I. She meant so much to me. I will miss her a lot. Now there is only one living sibling of my mom's left, my 90 yr old Aunt Ruth.

Think I'll go sing a song. Thanks for listening.

luvyakat