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that's the real reason we're putting up a fence. one with pointies on it.
well, that ought to help, but bummer that the bike disappeared. hope it "reappears"...
when i was a kid, we moved to a small town and my bike used to get "disappeared" rather frequently. my mom used to make known that there was a 25 cent reward for its return. kind of amazing how this one kid used to seem to find my bike each time and come by to collect the reward. <g/ng>
as for the garden - if our place wasn't in town (town is a misnomer) or was on the beach, i'd have an all-natural yard, like the one you described that you have. i like that idea.
well, my garden started off as quite an ambitious thing with many old rose varieties, tons of perennials, lilies and irises from specialty growers, and a herb garden with well over a hundred herbs. last thing i added was a white garden. then, after close to 25 years of working on it, i just turned it over to the wild about 3 years ago. amazing how quickly nature will take over.... but i don't mind. i had my fun. (-:
~croc |