flax rust is a wet spring thang. we had a wet spring and we got the thang. summer should cook it off. it overwinters on the old duff. my guess is that once the burning begins and the old duff becomes charcoal, the problem will go away. if its an individual garden plant, u need a different mulch. and clean up the place. just a note, i just saw this spring a daddy longlegs 1/2 covered w/ rust along with everything else living under a osb board i had laying on the ground over winter. by the time i ran and got my camera, i couldnt find the poor girl. froggy

My, my. Thank you all for your wonderful, generous compliments. SHADES - don't be afraid to grout your dresser. The only thing I have trouble with in something like your project, is the beads - just be gentle w/your hands, and if you lose some, GEII them back in afterwards. I tend to lose beads when grouting. On Lally, it was between the legs and around the hoo haw flowers. Should have put them on last. In between, had to take the long tweezers and a wet paper rag to wash the grout. I used a dry grout, and started wiping immediately after application. Grouting around the embellishments is no problem at all, unless they're those flowers. I used a brush to wash grout in those areas. I'll be sticking to flat surfaces for a loooooooong time. Thanks again, y'all. You make me smile.

This came in my mail today. This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is 'UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v]. It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic comeUP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. Welock UP the house and fix UP the old car. At other times this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special. And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP ! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary.. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it soaks UP the earth. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on & on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now ........my time is UP ! Oh....one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night? U P ! Did that one crack you UP? Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book..or not...it's UP to you. Now I'll shut UP Nanny (this is almost as good as cynic's)

So funny you mentioned Zsa Za DLM, I was going to when talking about animal prints but worried it dates me, LOL! I think its just me today but it makes me sad to see kiding around about a person’s decorating choice. You are right, but I don't mind it as much when it is depersonalized. What I always found cringey is homebuyers on national television doing this. I still recall buyers making fun of the PO's hand stenciled apple border all over the house. Mean.