Happy Earth Week to you and everyone here, also.

Mari,

I love the pic... although i wouldn't want to get near that Moray poking it's nose out on the left side... at least... looks like a Moray. Sure they're timid enough... unless you get in their way, lol. Then out come the BiG poInTY TEETH to use a Monty Python expression.

Barbara,

Cool that you are working on your garden. I live in an apartment but we have plants. I have 3 plants. My older african violet needs repotting/adjustment badly but i'm not sure how to go about it... i wouldn't want to destroy it trying.

When i cleaned it (mom said to) with a brush it ended up losing all its leaves. It grew more but where it lost them is now bare stem... first African Violet "mini-tree" i've seen. Now that the stem has dried out, i want to try sinking it into the ground hoping it will set roots, so the foliage will be closer to the ground and the plant more stable coz it's top heavy and falling all over the place as it is. But i'm afraid it might decide not to sprout roots and rot on me instead.

That violet, btw, before mom said to clean it, erhmmm, was flourishing. It had bloomed indoors several times and probably would have again. It has not since. It has been all i could do with plant food just getting it to start making foliage in the proper shapes and color again. the top looks good now and it's losing the lower / less healthy leaves that it first made (after the cleaning)... which of course means it will get even more umbrella-looking.

If we have any African violet experts on board who can make suggestions on this very peculiar situation, i would welcome any input, whether or not i am then brave enough to follow up.

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Made most of the backups of the Vista System. One more i want to do - it isn't suggested anywhere but they do warn that software won't be supported. So, it may not run on XP, but then again it may. Of course, i have no assurance that the "recovery disks" made by their instructions will work either, should i need them. . (no way to test without destroying the system). Anyway, 1 CD to burn and then up goes XP, fingers crossed everything will behave.

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I hate this stuff. I wish i had something restorative, constructive and NOT SCARY to do - i.e. not risking tearing apart a new system or possibly killing a plant.

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Well this is what is going on, but as for plans, i have very firm un-plans for this weekend. I hope to sing/play some more, at some point. been doing that. getting back into shape (music wise, not body wise... heh GROAN). I am not sure that music is constructive and right now it is not even restorative... but i seem to be clinging to it for dear life.

~ waves ~