>Turns out, after talking to DD who gave her to me, that I’ve had Gertrude for eight years. She was invisible for so long, it doesn’t seem like I’ve had her that length of time. She was greatly overshadowed by Simon. He’s been gone a year next month, so she is slowly, snail-slow, getting her mojo on. She’s a sweetie, and she talks to me. We have conversations, but she is the only one who knows what we’re saying. LOL