Dorothy your weather is even worse then ours. Even thou I had to move everything in the shed again too. Then I just covered some seedlings popping out of the ground, canna's and other newly sprouted perennials up with pots and milk jugs. Even the Dats are growing along with some brugs I had left in the ground. Gross my fingers for ALL of us that have bad weather again after thinking we had spring already. Man were we dreaming or what lol. The wind is here SO bad that it had knicked off lots and lots of leaves from the Candida double white huge brug on the patio. Is back inside again. I should have left it outside and rather loose some leaves then limbs lol. DH would not listen that he has to watch it too when we carried it in and so it went :-( Eloise you know if YOU come and say you got to move it in, then the weather really goes downhill for the whole world. I mean someone got to get a headstart with the angel babies right! You know I have talked to many folks and many have lost lots of cuttings. I am with you. The best success rate of rooting and growing a cutting into a brug plant was when I let a side shoot or what have you grow out long enought to make a cutting out of it and pot it up in the summer, put it in a pot in a shady place and voila...Success!! Barb yes it is a pretty one but you know that one has shown the slowest growth from the 5 I have. Oh gosh not long and that number will be up to 15 lol Lucy

Well I did keep myself real busy today so I should be able to sleep through the night and be back on my regular scedule lol I did not notice a smell from the Camelia but boy did I ever smell the the blossoms of the citrus tree when I took it out of the shed. I think it is the Orange one..but not sure. I had a very productive day. How about you? hmmmm I just realized that Bob has not been posting lately. Bob I hope you are just working hard. Lucy

ahhh thank you all for those BIG smiles that I know came from your hearts! Eloise so true!! Daniella hope you will make it just fine through the LONG day and hopefully end it with a smile at least in your sleep then lol Karyn it WAS in the garden but for now as long as it is still blooming, it is in the living room. This bloom opened up real nice and big. Dorothy you are so welcome and hope the person you pass your smiles on, knows the priceless gesture he or she recieved. Hey my 2 cats even love it when I take a moment and give them my loving smile. Ok time to really get moving lol Till later back here...with a SMILE! Cause then it is relax time again :-) Lucy

right now it looks like sodom and gomorah (sp) here. Can not find my tree list lol. After x mas I hope it will get better. I will gladly share my tree list and hope that here and there I will get some hints myself. The hibiscus are just putting on more and more buds and I have not the heart to put them to sleep. The flowers are smaller. But still SO beautiful! Thanks for taking a look at my little part of life that makes me happy and tick Lucy