Gone...everything is gone. No hope of recovering 2 years of high resolution pictures, all of my e-mails, all of my contacts, completely gone. I am somewhat lost right now, but there are other things I can be working on. My hard drive and computer weren't even a year old, straight from a well known company.

Just for all of you gardening fanatics though, here is a picture of a Crocosmia sp. being grown in part shade in Houston. There is a whole lot of foliage and a little bloom. It would probably do better in the sun with less fertilizer to induce more blooms and less foliage.


Also, I wanted to share a picture of my favorite little garden friend the anole (Anolis carolinensis). When I was a kid I would make them open their mouths and then clamp down on my ears and use them as ear rings. It worked fine until I used a really big one that clamped down and drew blood. My grandmother, whom was babysitting me, became so frightened that she called my mom out of an important meeting at work. I no longer use them for ear rings, but do admire them for their important use as a biological control and for their brave nature that allows you to come right up to them. This one is showing its dewlap probably telling me that this is HIS area.