Dang, Opie, I'm sorry to hear about your thumb - my thumb hurts just from reading the story! How many 4-letter words was that incident worth? But, from the looks of it, you don't have time for pain, as you have a lot goin' on, my friend! Variety is the spice of life, and you've a mighty spicy life! All of your plants look pretty darn fine. What's that you have under the CFLs and in the pic to the right also?

Thanks for sharing those nature pics! You and zeb have a pretty good eye for photography. Is that a black lab diggin in the snow on the Christmas tree farm? Labs are some dang fine dogs. Be good out there, my friend, and I hope your thumb heals up right nicely!