Thanks for your replies, wirosarian, Jackie, Patty, and SoFL rose. I'm surprised to hear that our temps could be cold enough to cause this. We have days in the 60's and nights in the 40's lately. But, I guess it does make sense, because if it was much colder, it wouldn't bloom at all. I never would have considered cold temperatures causing it. Some sort of bug was consistently ruining the buds on Irish Creme during the summer. I just assumed it was the same thing. I think you guys maybe correct. I'm looking more closely now, and I don't really see chewing from a pest. I'm glad I asked, because I never once thought it could be anything but pest damage. Thank you all so much! Lisa

The primary exterior color. No, just looking to see if anyone familiar with paint colors can recommend a color that is similar.

I HATED duvet covers my entire life until I discovered the existence of duvets with loops! (And covers with ties.) The one in my son’s room is missing a loop and I’ll admit the thought has crossed my mind to throw it out for that reason alone. But that’s lazy. My imperfect solution is generally to grab the corner, defluff it, and tie the ties very tightly around the "tail". Safety pins would work, but I'd just be sure to keep them small. Actually I think I’ve done that but they eventually bend/stretch loose. Now that I'm giving it real thought for the first time, I'm thinking an easy, proper solution would be to sew short lengths of flat sneaker shoelace to the corners. While the needle and thread are out, I'd reduce the button holes to be borderline too tight, to resolve the second most annoying thing about duvet covers.

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