Many thanks Floral_uk! There are untended plots of this in some of the neighbouring areas..they're rampant! Mine seem to have a slight mauve centre, whilst the more wild ones have an almost/very slight yellow (perhaps pollen stained) centre. Thanks for the help!

Hurray! I got my package from Diene today! Diene, you did a fantastic job of selecting plants I don't have. Lavender made the whole box smell delicious. 2 different sedums that I do not have will go in my sedum bed. Yarrow-perfect for cutting. Astilbe for the shade garden. Golden Bleeding Heart- I love it! I also received a lovely natural sand dollar and snail shell, a wind chime and a terrapin as well as seeds for crocosmia, bachelors buttons and stocks. The terrapin is going in the vegetable garden where the living prototype is eating my tomatoes. Maybe they will think the area is too crowded and move on? Vela, I am glad you liked your box. You have been a great hostess! I won't be participating in the next round. I am busy with the wedding, and there is not much in the garden right now that I would feel comfortable digging up; too hot and too mature. With the water restrictions we have been placed under, it is really hard to keep everything going. I will be peeking in now and then to see what everyone receives and how things are going. Late July, early August is a great time to divide iris and daylilies. Hopefully one of you will host a swap then. I have lots of those I need to divide and obligating yourself to a swap is a great motivator. Some photos from this morning: Fuchsia Koralle Shasta Daisy Sunny Side Up a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"> Pentas, Grafitti Pink Morning Glory, Flying Saucers

Thank you so much, everyone, what a bunch of ego-boosters you all are! Honestly, joining a quilt along was the only way for me to go, it was inspiring and getting further instructions on a weekly basis was perfect, enough time to get the assignment done and then more time leftover to get excited about the next bit to do. If left on my own, I tend to lose interest. And when everyone posts photos of their work, it's inspiring and informative, to see what fabrics they're using and what I liked and didn't like about them. The trouble is, though- I tend to want to copy 3 or 4 of them and I just don't need a bunch of quilts! And the main reason I didn't give up on the lemonade quilt is that I had cut up 40 fat quarters and I didn't want to waste $100 worth of good fabric! I'm making all kinds of things out of the strips- Pity Potholders, Scrappy Neck Wrappies, cat collars, a cat blanket, etc. lol I'm trying to recoup some of my losses, 'cause I'm so mad at myself! Biwako- Nosey Parker looks less than white when she's on the quilt, but if she lays in just the right spot, you can't even see her. lol And she is one of the reasons I'll never be able to use black sashing in anything I make, darn it! White cat hairs on quilts- not pretty!

It has been the same here. Just overcast, not foggy or raining. Every morning, does not lift until later in the day. Very depressing. But in this climate it is helpful to the plants, because when there is full sun it is often too hot and dry for them.