Thank you GP, and I apologize also, I did not mean to be sarky at all. I will try to watch my use of exclamation marks in the future. I realize after reading my reply, that a question mark would have been the proper thing to use! I guess a simple thing like that, can make it a bit ambiguous, when we read some of the posts/replies here. It can make you wonder if a person is miffed and sending a cryptic "Smarten up message", or just possibly trying to be helpful after all? At least this will keep your [?] question up at the top and hopefully, the person you are looking for will reply. My [?] is there as you don't seem to be the original poster,who posed the question in the first place? Unless you moved to the U.S from Canada and changed your user name? LOL Take care, "Horton"

Hi Susan, thanks, I like nigella better than my real name, lol, I may sneak around and change it some day. I'm a bit of a hermit so not too many people will have to relearn what to call me! Yes, I have a real "thing" for begonias for some reason, I just love the variety of shapes, textures, colors and sizes of the foliage. I do have 'Looking Glass' so that may be what you're seeing. There isn't a chapter of the ABS here or I would be a member; it's not as much fun if you don't have any fellow addicts handy. Most of my begonias came as gifts or as trades, very few were actually purchased but the ones that were were bought locally. So many begonias won't tolerate the high heat combined with the high humidity here. Of all my begonias my favorite, hands down, is B.x rex-cultorum 'Cora Miller'. I love the way she looks like a "plain green" begonia until you look closer and see the play of reds, greens, golds, purples and cobalt blues in her large thin leaves. I'm truly enchanted by that one, then the second favorite(most of the time) is another rex called 'Harbor Lights', an almost black-leaved beauty with sprinkles of palest "ashes of roses" speckling. You can see some of them on my website if you'd like. I have a very close friend who just moved back here a few months ago from Oklahoma, she would very much agree with you. As for me, I admire anyone who can grow anything anywhere besides in sticky, steamy Mobile, Al. lol, I feel like I have an unfair advantage in a lot of areas because Mobile is kind of like a great big terrarium most of the year. Thanks for the kind words about the pictures! I'm so used to the moths we get that I don't pay them much attention. One we don't see much of is the Luna moth, there isn't much poison ivy in this area for the cats to feed on. The curtain isn't really a curtain, though, it's just the outside wall of the GH. I'll have to add a second page with pictures of the outside of each house soon. I'll post here when I get it done.

Thanks guys! Before anyone asks, our electric bill only goes up about $20 a month. Most of the lights are LEDs and since they blink on and off to the music, they all are usually not on at once. Ken, too funny, those lights are pretty bright. And, this song is pretty mild compared to the songs that blink to the music of Trans Siberian Orchresta! Thank goodness we don't have neighbors across the street. As we have transitioned into LED lights, I have rewired old incandescent props withs LED lights. It's very time-consuming trying to figure out how to get 60 bulbs to fit where there was once 50. Steve, I love the Stars of David. I have two more that will go up next year, but they need to be rewired with LEDs, so I'll have to wait until they come down so I can see how I put the new lights on. Here's an example of an angel that I rewired. It originally had 150 lights on it. I stripped the lights off, wrapped gutter guard around it and wired 700 lights on it. This took me almost a month to complete, but it's one of my favorites:

Hello Everyone!!! You all up north really were hit extra hard...I can't believe you have 4-5 feet! Unbelievable weather.. We did hit a record for VB, 14 -15 inches...and every thing is shut down...back roads are still a mess..the main streets are still down to one lane.... Trishmick...I know what you mean about working for FedEx, my brother and I had a small franchise with Airborne Express 10-15 years ago...and had 10 or so routes. Those years were the best that i can remember..as far as being in great shape! My hat is off to you and what you do for us...hope the snow melts fast for you, but with that much snow it will probably take a while. Be extra careful all of you up north Thinking of all of you on this snowy day!!! Laura in VB