In case you have been wanting to go to an eBay Live event, this one in Chicago will not be repeated until 2010 in Orlando, FL. It is the closest it has come to us, so maybe it is time. http://pages.ebay.com/eBayLive/

This coming Sunday, May 11th, will be the beginning of a second garden club for those who can not make the Friday evening group. Our first group meets at 6:30, so we might as well keep the time the same, BUT the place is different. Since I have a class going at the Chamber of Commerce, I will keep the room a little longer and invite the "Sunday Garden Club" to meet there...

This afternoon is the last performance of Central High School's musical production ALL SHOOK UP. They have done a fantastic job and deserve a packed finale. In addition to great musical performances, you have some entertaining fun and humor. It will be difficult to come away from the performance without experiencing numerous laughs, and toe-tapping enthusiasm...

I had it all planned this morning. We picked up a load of wood from a friend of ours and I was going to empty the trailer and cut the wood into firewood pieces. Yup, that was what I was going to do, but when I got down to the kitchen, my mother-in-law mentioned that the pond had no water in it. Now I thought she meant it had not filled up from the rain, but no, it had very little water in it!...

We covered the outside plants, but I am not sure we ever had a frost. We forgot the artichokes and they seemed to be fine, EXCEPT FOR SOMETHING EATING THEM! I could not find the tops so it could have been a grazer. Since could not find deer prints, my bet is on the rabbits. They nibbled on two of them, but not to the ground, so leave are starting to come back already...

Several years ago, we transplanted some watercress from our "lower 40" and put it in our goldfish pond and waterfalls. These pictures were taken a month ago and show the lower waterfall on the left with the watercress in the center. The upper waterfall, coming out of the filter, is on the right...

This bird showed up at our feeder with its' mate. Sorry I could not get a good camera to take this with on short notice, but I had a hard enough time getting it to give me both sides for his mug shot. It has bright red chest feathers, black head and wings are bold black and white. Female is brown hues...

Tonight at 6:30 we will have another garden club get together. Remember, this is for everyone, especially those who are addicted to gardening of ALL types. It will be held at the Hong Kong restaurant on Madison Street in Shelbyville. At members request, we will have about a 30-45 minute presentation on gardens that are adapted for those who are physically limited or are used in horticultural therapy programs...

We had students from three schools in attendance, as well as some interested adults. The students completed questionnaires about whether they thought a teen center was needed, what they would like to see provided, and how it would affect our community...