I haven't been over here since it first open. How long has it been, almost 2 years? I would like to see some of your paintings. Do you have a web page? I'll check out your profile. I think some of the mosaics that the people over in the garden junk forum really belong here with what I think is more of a art than using junk. I stopped posting over there because it seems just to be mostly what's being bought at thrift stores and not in a garden yet. Then again it's winter. I have boxes and boxes of paints so maybe you'll inspire me to try something. The only thing I ever painted was a sceene of a butterfly life cycle with the heads cut out. They were large enough for some faces to poke through at a nature center festival. I know idea what ever happened to it.

Thank you, thank you!!! This is fun! The white clematis is Henryi (sp). dmg2242: You most definitely can grow David Austin roses in your zone. I am originally from Northeast Louisiana - Monroe/Shreveport area and I grew lots of David Austin roses there. They do become giants, but hey, if you have the room, not a problem.

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Welcome Sherrie--I started posting here a few weeks ago and I have found quite a few great people already. I have just returned to knitting after about a 30 year break. I made a simple hat to see if my fingers rembered how to knit and today I bought the yarn to make a cardigan sweater. I am using inexpensive yarn because this will be a test to see how well the sweater fits me. Thirty years ago I needed a lot less yarn to make myself a sweater :-( Anyway, if this sweater comes out nicely I will then buy some very expensive yarn I have fallen in love with and make something really nice. Good luck with your kniting. I have never learned to crochet properly and this Friday I am going for a crochet lesson. I am newly retired and have time and patience on my side. Nancy