Our pets are such an important part of our family. Sitting here wondering how to be happy about blogging, and then I thought....what's wrong with being sad. Today my buddy Jet aka: Jetina, Jet Jet, Jeter Buter...he died suddenly....no indication of health issues, not hit by a car...he just died.

Here in South Carolina, we take spring planting very seriously. We go out in masses to the home improvement stores and local nurseries looking for plants that we think the deer and other critters might not chew down to nubs.  At the same time, like others all around the world, we want uplifting, co