I'm so sorry for your loss, Julie. Yes, it is hard some days but I can not imagine what it would be like for someone to have to walk that road alone.
I moved to NC 26 years ago from Louisiana (Shreveport then Alex). I don't miss the humidity but I do miss the food!
Pandora alluded to a question I wonder about too: do Brugs ever "Y" below their initial "Y"? I haven't seen them do it in pictures but I thought maybe people trimmed everything out to encourage growth higher up. I've read a "y" will come where a leaf is shorter on one side of the midrib than the other where it meets the petiole; I'm not seeing that on mine but perhaps I'm not looking closely enough. If it ever stops raining I'll look again.
