@Sue - well, thanks for your lovely comments, though I'm not sure the one about dedication to the quality of the site is entirely accurate - I just say what I think or know really. But I do try to be kind wherever possible... unkindness abounds in the world, and trolling (your conversation with J. Musser) is a very extreme form. Usually done by sad, pathetic people who bully from where they can't be seen; probably face to face would never express such things, even if they think them

Wow, @NiallC. All the edits...

@J.Musser Meh. I've seen worse.

@Sue Thank you! He's a Löwchen.

And sorry for being so slow to get back to you. If I see something first on my phone, I don't always remember it when I next get on a PC.

Field trip: ygpshow.com

@NiallC. lol, yeah. is embarrased

Bought an Opuntia aurea "Coombes Winter Glow" for the spot under my eaves

ah!

mailorder?

@J.Musser No. At the show I went to.

nice.

@NiallC. Looks like fun. Any new ideas there, or was it all old-school?

Oooh, pretty: davesgarden.com/guides/pf/botd.php?date=2010-12-27#b Linking it because the photo is copyrighted.

what size was the one you got?

@J.Musser Wasn't as fun as other years, I thought. Seemed like there were more off-topic exhibitors than before, like bath refitters, wineries, etc. Lots of artists, which doesn't really interest me: I'm not into ornaments purely for the sake of having ornaments.