When you get to your homepage in Photobucket and are ready to download your pics, the little box that says "upload images and video", there is a box in the bottom that says reduce to, click on the arrow and select the size of the photo you want. I hope this is what you were looking for although I think your pics are every bit as good as most I've seen on Gardenweb. Just have fun with it. Nancy

While more established might make them more consistant, amount of rain and temperature can influence them too. As well as how they are fed. There is a man who lives about 5 miles from me who waters his plants with river water-and you wouldn't believe the difference in size and color to the same plants in my yard. I need icky fish water.......

Yes, Bill, it's a mystery why some p*lants grow and some don't. I think that it is just so much more complicated then we can see, how plants thrive. Yet it appears to us that p*lants grow so simply. Quite the conundrum. That is very interesting about your lilac. I never had anything growing under it, so maybe I will try that some time. Claire, I am putting Thalia on my list for the fall. I think I am going overboard on daffodils lately. [g] They look so small when you first plant them, but they really fill out into large patches after a few years. I moved a patch into an area with not enough sun in the fall and it had no blooms at all on it this spring. So I think I am running out of enough sun. The Haweras are very cute and not so much dying foliage to put up with either. I did see the plant support and wondered if you had it in place for something that hasn't grown yet. [g] That Dicentra GoldHeart really catches my eye every time I see it. Really stands out. Wow, when that gets full grown! I really like Pieris and I hope I can keep them going in my g*arden. I fear I am too dry for them, but I water a lot, so maybe.

Thanks terrene, We provide a lot of supplements to their ample insect diet... mealworms, suet nuggets, raisins, and scrambled egg. They eat all of these food sources daily and they are all vital and healthy birds. We also help to eliminate all the major safety hazards with safe housing, and (mostly passive) predator control. Missy and Mr.B have successfully fledged 41 baby blues so far over 3 seasons, and we only know of 1 lost to the wild. She is about finished building her 3rd nest of the 2010 season (her 9th) in our box. They currently have 11 fledglings in the trees, and we are on egg-watch for the 3rd nest as I write this. It's hard not to be proud of this precious and prolific pair. But we know they are not our birds... we are just happy to be their people. Kenn Here is a link that might be useful: Kenn & Temple's Bluebird Gallery