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Great advice Dave....I feel the same way as you.

Children are so precious and they are only young for so little. Dh and I try to savour all our time with them now because we know before long they will be teens......those are another headache all together but for now we cherish our family time....as they grow older we will deal with those problems head on.

Hi to everyone at Northeast Gardening. Thanks to Pirl for the invitation. I'm still finding my way around the DG web site and it's nice to be welcomed by one of the forums . Right now in Glens Falls, NY it is snowing on our spring!! But that's a normal spring for Upstate NY - crocus blooming one day and the robins have to run for cover the next day because the temperature has dropped and it is snowing. It gives us somthing to talk (complain) about. I can't wait to get the 2007 gardening season started, but for now I'll just have to watch the snow fall.

Hi there grammyphoeb. Welcome to DG and the Northeast forum!!It's snowing here in Maine too, just Sunday I was admiring how much my tulips had come up. Now im muttering at how much snow is covering them!! We have gotten at least a foot of snow so far and its still snowing. Ho Hum...guess there is nothing to do but join you in watching it come down, so know you are not alone!

Hi grammyphoeb - so glad you came over to join us. We didn't get any snow down here but lots of rain. The sun, that was out an hour ago, is hiding behind the clouds now and it's far too wet to do anything outside.

Do you have any favorite flowers - roses, daylilies, bulbs, etc.?

pirl, just in case your feel left out by not getting snow....here's a pic for you from this morning. It's still snowing here!

I love snow. I'm the one who's always disappointed if we don't have a nice blizzard and we haven't had one in a very long time.

Thanks for the photo, pixie, it's beautiful.

This is the best I could do all winter!

Oh COLOR!!!!! Thank you pirl....my world is totally white right now!

I guess I can't complain - we only got a few inches of snow and it is starting to melt. As for favorite flowers, I like whatever I can get to grow in my less than perfect soil and what I can keep away from the woodchucks (I did pay to have the family of 4 and their mother escorted out of here last summer). I have several small beds in the backyard that I am working on to improve the soil. My containers that are full of annuals that I grow on the deck and around the house are the most colorful but with a family of 5 woodchucks they can run out green stuff and start on those too!
Right now I have some crocus that are in bloom or were until it snowed last night.

Pixie! You didn't notice our blizzard in the background!

Thanks!

grammyphoeb - we cross posted. Nice planter - sings of better days to come.

Welcome, grammy. You'll have lots of fun here!

Victor

We had a building collapse in Portland from the weight of this snow. This is really terrible and more buildings are in danger.

Wow . . . so much for spring!

Certainly doesn't feel like Spring this AM! Received my first plant delivery yesterday to boot!

Yikes! I am hoping all my plants will arrive three -four weeks from now!

Hi Victor, thanks for the welcome. I'm looking forward to having lots of fun!! I already check the site several times a day to see what everyone is doing. Probably won't do that so much when I can get outside and play in the dirt, but promise to at least once a day. I also love photography and will probably take lots of photos of my flowers. I am strictly an amateur but enjoy playing with a digital camera and a computer.

Then be sure to check out the Photos Forum, including the Daily Pics thread.

Welcome grammy! Glad you stopped by. I've always been able to learn a few things and have a few laughs here. Hope you do too.
Dave

Hi Dave, nice to meet you. I've got lots to learn and by the looks of everyones photos I've come to the right place. It's already been lots of fun. Thanks for the welcome.

Pirl, I came up with a favorite flower. I think we're growing this one pretty good. Although I'm not sure he'd like to be called a flower. His first birthday is next week and what did grammy get him - a sand box and gardening tools of course. I hope by the time it gets warmer I can keep sand out of his mouth. I take care of him while his parents work and he is my pride and joy!!

It's easy to see why you'd choose him as your favorite flower! He's adorable.

My grandson turned one on the first day of spring and, among other things, I gave him his first pail and shovel along with "shades".

Oh my goodness....What a cutie!! I can see why thats your favorite flower!!!!!

Pirl,
I can't believe how big Charlie is getting! Love the shades!!

Everyone loved the invitation showing him with my daughter's shades on so, of course, he ended up with a few pair of them but all with different colors.

I guess I'd have to say these are my favorite flowers too.....
Rose Princess Hunter and Bellflower Hayden

Grammy, lovely flower!

My goodness, we can start a child modeing agency with these 4 cuties. One disturbing question: Is Tinkerbell's wand a toilet brush??

No Dave it is not! But I bet if we gave her a TB and told her it was a wand we could get some work out of her. Would that be considered child labor???

It would be considered smart! I've never seen a specific study but I would bet you that kids that have chores grow up to be happier, healthier adults!

But she's not even 3 yet....toilets just seem a bit harsh.

We certainly do have some cuties but I can't get mine to do anything I want him to. I just want him to point to his nose and wave good bye and walk. He's stubborn. He does something once and then won't do it again. As for walking - he's furniture walking but refuses to walk if anyone is holding his hands. So I am just going to work on keeping the sand out of his mouth after he gets his sand box. (I have a feeling one taste of it and that might do the trick) How do you get sand out of one year old child's mouth when they won't do anything you tell them to like drink and spit? I'll let you know how that one turns out.

Great kiddie photos, all! Nice to see the gardening 'farm team'!

I want Charlie's first words to be - Campanula lacitflora. Do you think I'm asking for too much?

Pixie, my kids had jobs by the time they were 3. Gotta bring home the paycheck! ;^)

Pirl, just don't ask him to spell it. (I don't even think I could spell it and probably can't say it either) Maybe you should work on having him say Grandma instead? Might have more luck eventually.

I think they can only pronounce 'lactiflora' if they are breastfed.

He is being nursed!

I just wanted something more unusual than "Grandma" to be his first words, though I will be thrilled with being called Grandma!