Very interesting tradition of the Amish wedding dress. My great-grandmother was a Seminole and they had different tradition. If you look at the woman on the left in the photo I've linked you'll see that she wears a large collection of bead necklaces. Upon birth a Seminole female would receive a bead necklace, and over the years she'd add more necklaces. At middle age she would start removing them one by one until at her death she would be left with the original necklace she received at her birth. Seminoles also had their own version of the birthing room. If a death occurred in the confines of their village the would abandon the village and find a new spot to set up camp. Infant mortality was quite high in those times and in order to keep from moving constantly they would set up a small shelter just outside the boundaries of the village as a birthing shelter. Here is a link that might be useful: Seminole Women boiling cane sugar

You did a good job with the photos, and your planting areas looked like everything just jumped right where it was supposed to be. It isn't as easy as some might think. That is something I have problems with. You've got so many different plants, and they all look so nice. I can see you have a few little problems with your lawn so that makes me feel like I'm not the only one, little by little trying to make it better. Did you get your nice plants in the ground yet and do you have trouble finding the right spots for them? That's what's hard for me, have some spots left but have to get just the right plant in there. I'm just finishing up my fall planting, hope it's not too late, but I mean to get the rest of it done somehow, not that many plants left to go but have to soak the ground in order to dig then make sure everything new (and some old) stays watered. Wasn't a problem all summer with so much rain, but now it is an issue. I'm making holes wider and deeper then fill a little mixed with compost to compensate. Some beds I got amended and some I didn't and have to "pay as I go" trying to get the soil more amenable. It's nice you have such a spacious yard, but it also means a lot more work for as many things as you have going.

You're very welcome! Truthfully, I need to feed as many people's addictions as possible so that I can have friends to talk to over here. Lol Those are all nice ones. I think you'll be happy with them. My favorite out of all of them is Brass Lantern. Have fun shopping! This post was edited by flower-frenzy on Sat, May 24, 14 at 15:48

Great shots Kenn!! I am hoping our Blues will find the mealworms so I can have them come closer to the house. The house they chose is further away this year, well they didn't have much to choose from since the TRES took almost all of them by the time the Blues got here. We have four beautiful eggs though and mom is incubating so I am trying to train them to go to the mealworms. Donna