I like the hand cranked. Thanks!

Thanks for getting back to me. I wasn't sure anyone would see this since it wasn't a new post. I'm happy for the good news especially since I lost some more roses over the winter. As hard as it is, I'm trying to be smarter in my choices. Thanks for your help, kitty

I have both Music Box & Champagne Wishes, both appear healthy & vigorous growers. The pink edging on my MB fades out very fast but it gets full afternoon sun & would probably look better if it had some afternoon shade. CW blooms aren't long lasting but they have good fragrance. Now to wait & see how they handle a z4 winter.

Thanks for sharing your beautiful doll collections with us Dream! I also really like your music box and beaded purses. I collected few things until recently altho have probably made up for it in the last 5 years since I retired. The only things I collected seriously were the cobalt blue Bing and Grondahl Christmas plates. It was an easy collection as it took little time. Started in 1965 and bot my last plate in 1994 as I knew I didn't want to display more than that. I have 35 plates because there is a larger one every 5 years altho I didn't get the 1965 large plate. When we had this house built I had plate rails built on 4 walls (3 in the great room and one in the breakfast) for these plates. I love plates and have since collected dozens of single plates I like and I often use them on the plate rails instead of the blue ones. I also collect a lot of other things, one of my favorites is silver things. I have some silver treasures from family but most are from auctions and yard sales. One of my recent finds is a set of 51 pieces of silver plated flatware for $5. It's Reflection pattern by 1847 Rogers Bros. so I thot it was a real find and great for tablescapes. I have dozens more pieces - lot of trays, plates, bowls, and wedding baskets which are fun to use in vignettes, for serving, or display. Tried to load some pics but Photobucket must be making some changes and I can't. I'll try later. I used to have a Shutterfly site with a lot of my pics and it was easy to post a slideshow or link but I found people were using them so I've made it private. Don't mind posting the occasional pic but don't like to give carte blanche for people to steal any/all of my pics. I tried a free watermark but it seems to change the color adversely. Here is a link that might be useful: Reflection silver flatware