Hi, Laura - Hope you make it to the cemetery next Wed (Sep 3). I'll be up in Seattle for a week so won't be in the cemetery the following weekend or Sep 10. Yes, I can show you how new tea roses send up those alarmingly tall canes as they start to mature - there's a Mlle de Sombreuil at the front of the rose garden (next to the arch with Sombreuil) that is doing that right now. People come to me and ask, "Is that rose going to be a climber???" The answer is, no, it's just showing how tall the overall plant will be, once the rest of the growth catches up. Our Mme. Antoine Mari is relatively compact, though. It's up in the Broadway Bed in plot 9. Hope to see you next week. I'll be in the cemetery all morning tomorrow, too - Aug 30. Anita

Randy----I don't know where the little people went----I never saw them before or since that other picture. Scary heh !! Jerseywendy----the vase is marked "Made in China"---I got it at T JMaxx Florence

oh Marybeth - the pics of the corner cab are great! they are big and I can see everything very nicely. and it gives a great view of the cabinet wood - lol! again, it's just so beautiful! that light rail would then take the bottom of 'cab' to counter to 16.5 I think - so having the cab bottom (w/o light rail) that low would work also. I will have the chance to live in my 'to be' old kitchen for some time to get a better idea of it IRL. I'm planning ahead from all the ideas and photos I see here for possible uses and alternatives for challenges I anticipate running into. I'll have notes and photos to refer to at that time instead of saying 'I think I saw somewhere... I read somewhere but don't remember where... .

Her last update was quite positive, she had just had the port installed and was feeling better, with no nausea. She died 9 days later. Personally, I would prefer that over the months or even years of suffering through treatments. I've sadly known several who have passed away from cancer. One of the worst was my grandmother who battled multiple myeloma for several years before she finally passed; broken, suffering from incontinence, with chemo brain (basically chemo induced dementia). She lost all dignity in the end, was constantly confused, didn't recognize any of us and for what? So her body could survive for a few more weeks? The best was basically a surrogate grandfather to me. I can't recall exactly what cancer he had but he was basically fine and active. He started feeling a little under the weather a few weeks before he passed. Went for a check up and found out he had advanced terminal cancer. He died within a week of finding out. I've always said I would prefer a quick end to impending doom and suffering. He didn't spend the last month's of his life knowing he was dying, feeling sick from chemo as he slowly withered away. It was sad and unexpected for the rest of us but, he lived his life to the fullest with no cloud of impending doom. I am saddened at her loss but I'm also happy for her that the end came so quickly. She posted about finding out she had cancer on March 6th and passed on March 24th. I'm eternally happy that she didn't have to spend the last month's of her life with that impending knowledge.