Thanks Josh, guess I needed an extra shot of living things w/ some color, what w/ all this snow & white everywhere. I know the Sans as Moonshine, think is probabably same as Moonbeam, who knows, most of my Sans. are no ID. this ID is my guess. About the belated Moonshine thought for me, thanks, I had one a while back, lost it tho' I don't recall the circumstance. I DO recall that one had a dark green edge on light green leaves that was just spectacular. Well Toni, I started posting pix a while back, surprising you hadn't seen, since I've postd some at HP, some at C&S, Some at Sans & Some at Hoyas. I have an older computer so it's slow going, to upload to Photobucket & then from there to here. You post pix sometimes right? Here's a pretty special one; a hydro growing variegated Hoya kerrii. Cool plant, I've had it 2 yrs. no bloom yet, I've been unable to root cuttings. New growth on a Sans. Mason's Congo (aka Masoniana) A no ID Sans. that needed a home. I repotted from a tight pot (to another tight pot but new mix) & about 2 months later this pup appeared. New growth on a ZZ plant in Dec. They usually sprout new shoots in Sept. & Feb., & I was surprised to see the shoots now, don't know if they're early or late. Has anybody else growing ZZs had this experience? Let's see what else can I show ? Left or foreward most is a Euphorbia francoisii which has a caudex this shot doesn't show, on the right a Hoya diversifolia, gift from a another fellow GW Member & Hoya lover. After that another pair of Hoyas: Left is Hoya australis off cutting from another GW friend which came w/ the adjacent no ID Hoya pubicalyx. On the window sill 2 different Euph. milii, the rear most blooms yellow the front one is newer & of unknown bloom color. Another no ID Sans. w/ cylindrical but curved leaves, quite handsome to me Another, but tiny Sans, no ID. An acquisition from last year, Ficus elastica Burgundy, which I hope to repot in Spring w/Al's help (& hopefully some of his gritty mix). A handsome plant I wish to learn better care for. Another shot Enough entertainment for now Toni? It's late, bedtime!!

Nancy: I was holding out on this one.lol I kept this one much warmer than the others. One side did open a more peachy color, but that side was closest to the walls of the greenhouse. The other side was facing center of the greenhouse where it is always warmer. It must be difficult for those that live in cooler areas to bring them to this color without sticking them in a location that stays above 70 every day, sheesh. Thank goodness for my greenhouse. Yours are just as lovely! Thank you. Mike

Hi guys! I was "out" for a few days - traveling and too busy to think about painting and such. I missed talking to you all :-) Did not make it to any store in DC because by the time we landed and got the luggage it was after 2 pm and raining. So, no problems with C2 at the airport security check-point. LOL. Right before my trip, I borrowed P&L and Devoe/ICI fan-decks - and guess what? I found today something that just might work - Devoe "Fine Silver". The store owner said they'd experiment with creating a little shimmer by adding some silver pearlescent stuff. I am going to give it a try before going into all that trouble of shipping chips, samples, and gallons of paint across the country. Rococogurl, I'm also going to Lowe's tomorrow to pick up Martha Stewart color samples you suggested (thank you!) and see how they compare. Faron, thank you so much for offering to mail me the color chips. I would have to take a 'rain-check' if you don't mind as there isn't much hope that we'll have a C2 store here any time soon. I need to finish that bathroom ASAP for several reasons, so I would probably 'settle' for whatever I find locally and re-paint later when I have more time to do a thorough 'esearch' of C2, DKC and FPE paints. What do you guys think of Devoe paints? Is the quality comparable to BM? Thank you for all your support.

Moon, BLESS YOU!!! (Yeah, I used to have hair pretty-much like the guy in the chair in the B/W magazine ads of the late-70's!!) The Colorants (for the "color-geeks" like me...) YO...Yellow-Oxide...over 5 oz's!! YL...Yellow-Low (vs. High-strength yellow, HY)...about half of the above amt., RU...Raw Umber...slightly less than YL, RO...Red Oxide...a little over an oz., BK...(Regular-strength Black, vs. High-Black, HK)...about 3/4's of an oz. >>> All this into the Eggshell Accent- (Almost CLEAR!!) Base. >>> So, Yes...it does have strong gold-undertones! >>> Thanks also Moon, for your kind "application" note! * Had to patch/sand/fill/touch-up-spray LOTS of holes of various sizes!! * Six shelves of various figure-skating trophies, etc., can really ding-up a wall! * Glad I did 2 ACS primer-coats of my 75%-strength primer. * Once I got the hang of the new "dial-top" on the Homax spray-texture cans, it was kinda fun re-touching the "orange-peel". * I was pretty careful about doing the "top-to-bottom-light-sweeps" of a column when done filling-in each ~3'x~3' column of "squares". >>> More pix when carpet & furniture & mattress-set get here! (Dear God...tell me again why we bought a Vera Wang mattress set...?!?!?) Faron