Kelly: I know what you mean: I now take the camera with me when I do my morning chores or go fetch the mail or whatever. It’s really convenient. I just hope I don’t leave it out in the rain, like I did my husband’s one night!

Jules: Glad you found me again! I always worry, you know, changing away from blogger. ICE WINE sounds utterly fascinating. But you’d be happy to know we’re getting your lovely warm weather AND tons of rain this weekend. Yuck.

Trace: Yeah, it’s kind of sneaky of me, going and finding out how much a present of mine costs. Considering how great it is, though, I don’t care how much it costs.

Ali: Oy, yeah, I guess I would opt for a new furnace over a greenhouse. But I will gladly oblige you with foliage photos! It makes me so HAPPY just going in there and smelling and seeing all that photosynthesis going on. But…these greenhouses don’t need to cost much…so maybe you’ll likely be obsessed, too! Oh and you reminded me of why I am glad I don’t live in MN anymore: my car would ALWAYS get frozen locks if I went to the carwash. I even had to have the gearshift fluid (it’s a manual transmission) changed out to something a lot more liquid in cold temps. than the manufacturer provided: it would get to the point I could barely get it out of gear if it was below 5* out (which, as you know, happens, often).

I too have a Canon camera, I love it (even if I still miss the old AE1, a GREAT camera) so enjoy your new one. And please post more greenhouse photos and feed the obsession.

The weather in Maine is indeed calling for a big warm-up and possibly rain. I can pass on that, but I wouldn’t mind a slight warm up — the rear doors of my car are frozen shut.

Have a great year! Happy Gardening!