On Monday April 30th all of us here at the Peterboro Basket Company celebrated Walter Hood's 80th birthday, he turned 80 on Sunday April 29th. I personally sang him a solo of "Happy Birthday to you". I know he was probably thinking don't quit your day job, but he's too nice to say that to me. After all, he are I are travel buddies.

This week has been so beautiful outside with the Spring air, blue skies and crisp mornings. I cannot wait to get outside and do some digging in the dirt. My flower beds are so ready to be cleaned up, I need to pull out all my gardening supplies and get them ready for a big weekend of gardening. I have a nice variety of gardening tools and like to keep them in our Gardening Tote Basket. This is a great basket for the gardener, whether your a flower gardener or a vegetable gardener. The basket has a plastic protector that keeps it from getting wet or soiled. It's deep enough for harvesting fruits and vegetables as well as storing all of my gardening supplies. I have found that If I don't carry all of my tools to the garden with me, I will end up making six trips back and forth to the gardening shed. At the end of it, I wil have lost some tools by leaving out on the lawn. The key is always put things back where they belong.... now, If I could only get my husband to live by that rule.

- Shari