This is the final photo I'll show of this spray -- it's about done. Might well have lasted longer, if the afternoon sun wasn't frying EVERYTHING. But it's obvious that N 92 Nanjing shares the charming Tea/China characteristic of blooms that "fade to dark" -- growing darker as they age, rather than paler. When the plant grows up, it will have that "bush full of butterflies" multicolored look. Now that the first half of our days finds us sitting in a thick fog bank, I'm seeing some mildew on this rose. Not to worry, it will probably outgrow that, with maturity (and with a weather change, for that matter). And hotter weather, damnit, is coming soon.

Thanks! I looked up the sandpipers that are seen in NE Canada in summer - this might be a semipalmated sandpiper (same in thread 1).

Thanks, BN, that is right on! The pics were taken close to a small lake in Nanjing, China by a colleague in January. I stand corrected - it is not in the Southern part but is in the Eastern part of China.

My son and daughter in law have it's twin! Walnut veneer drawer fronts, what appears to be maple decorative panels. Can't tell what wood the legs and stretchers are but not walnut, you can see the lighter wood where it's been nicked. the decorative panel on the crown appears to be birds eye maple. I helped strip theirs, so have had my hands all over it...and sand paper too .:-( ....it was a mess when they got it My DIL's grandmother got it at a sale and it spent a few years in a garage. The decorative band on the bottom isn't quite egg and dart...similar...but...and it looks to be walnut. It holds a lot of stuff! You can display the pretties in front of the glass, and hide the utilitarian stuff back in the corners!