kevin, excellent, perfect, beautiful!! i'm practically speechless! this is my favorite of the "posts". perfectly placed dof. the moss in the front corner is just dead-on perfect and makes the photo for me.
btw, thanks for the advise on making frames. not exactly what i was looking for though. although it's probably head-space on my part. i did find it's much easier to add a frame in PS Elements.
speaking of frames... did you hang this on your wall yet? i would.