Hi Terri! i'm a little late to the welcoming party but
from me too!
We all love chatting about and sharing photo's of our plants and gardens so you've definitely come to the right place and I know you will love it here! We have many knowledgeable members who are always willing to answer questions and help. There are many members from your part of the country too and there's even a forum dedicated to Northeast Gardening:
http://garden.org/forums/view/... where you will find folks who grow the same type of plants as you. Although we are mainly a gardening site, we gardeners love our pets too and although we don't have a forum strictly for pets there's a thread going in the "Sandbox Forum" where folks have been chatting and sharing photo's of their pets:
Lin