re nicky08's question

atavar is the icon/image that is in the square above your name. mine is the rose New Dawn.

thankyou seaburngirl--thats sort of what I thought but i'd not come across the term before!

mine is a deciuous azalea at Threaves Castle--a whole avenue of them with gorgeous perfume

its very pretty :o)

its the perfume I remember best, it was a sunny day and just an overwhelming lovely place to visit

Um sorry but it is avatar :-)

Avatar - first appeared in 1784 from a Sanskrit word, avatarana, which means descent, usually in the form of a deity to the earth, as in "descended from". As in "ava", which means "down", and "tarati" which means "crosses over".
Loosely then, for example, "Moon Grower" is an avatar, as is the photo, although more strictly it is the wording that is really more connected to the person, and the photo more connected to a butterfly.

I thought that using another name was a pseudonym so i now see where you are coming from
thanks moongrower its usually numbers i transpose!

No worries Pamg, and I had always understood the avatar was the image.