About my newest avatar:

[ambitious_wench]

You will note that I have changed my default picture avatar thingy from backlit autumn leaves to a rose. That rose is of the variety known as "Peace", and I grew that baby in a pot on my upstairs deck about 3 years ago. I also took the picture--it had just rained, one of those sudden downpours and then the sun breaks through black clouds, and if you're lucky you are treated to intensely brilliant and deeply colored rainbows. There was no rainbow that day, as I recall, but I remember being able to smell that rose as the air warmed after the rain. In the larger picture, you can see the raindrops on the petals. Those are basil leaves to the left, and the lower right.

I have specifically chosen this picture to mark my posts because we need to bring the beauty of peace to the world.
Edie
Make Peace.