Thanks Lynn...I enjoy your contributions also. I hope this doesn't sound like I'm trying to be profound but to me ATP is like a crazy quilt....different pieces contributing to the whole.

I, too, enjoy all your photo's Paul

Thanks Vic.....

I hope no one took what I said personally.
I am beginning to think that I hurt some people's feelings with what i said, and if I did, I sincerely apologize,
I guess I shouldn't have said it. Sorry

Josephine...I can't imagine that your comment hurt any ones feelings. Certainly not mine. I can see your position. No need to be sorry. I hope I didn't cause any problems with my comments.

No offense taken at all Josephine - like Paul illustrated with the quilt - our avatars show a little piece of each of us

No problems here, I think you are a very nice person and I very prolific gardener and i admire you for that.
Take care and carry on doing the things you love.

It is good that we can be who we are here, that there isn't a 'rule' about the avatars like it HAS to be the same one all the time or it HAS to change periodically. And, Paul, you won't ever see a current photo of ME as an avatar, either! I LOVE your photos and look forward to seeing the new ones as you post.

If I changed my avatar I just wouldn't be pardalinum anymore ! But I also enjoy those photos that are changed and occasionally click for their profile and larger photo (especially those semps!)

frostweed said:I hope no one took what I said personally.
I am beginning to think that I hurt some people's feelings with what i said, and if I did, I sincerely apologize,
I guess I shouldn't have said it. Sorry

No hurt feelings here!

That never entered my mind Josephine. Like Paul said in his above post, we are a patch work quilt, making for a lovely community.

I'm not a big fan of changing avatars, either. My avatar IS my screen name. And I'm much too lazy. Took me forever to get that one right! Although it would be kind of nice to be able to have a stash of avatars.

Thank you Everybody, you are all so kind!!

Well, I did photograph some tulips that look a lot like my avatar....

Whoaaa.. now that is scary .

I really love my avatar, with the Hummingbird I dearly love, besides if I changed it, I wouldn't know which pic to change back to my avatar pic. (took a lot a pics that look like it)