Wow Bigbird, I'm guessiing you're not in balmy Ontario! I'm in Kamloops BC and we've already had more cold days than last winter already - and double digit minus temps are forecast for the next few days yet.... Thanks for point out the thirty minute thing, which I was going to - I'm not doing it for comfort, we're not even using both vehicles every day, it's more for protection. My truck's cooland was replaced last may and was supposed to be good to -45C but when I tested it myself it read more like -15 C (I don't know if there's a trick to testing I don't know) - I want to replace a couple of hoses that leaked (ok after tightening clamps) when it first went cold and I'm not working right now, so can't afford to do anything right now, so am just trying to keep it safe for now. I've been running it on a timer, 15 mins on 45 off (I can select as many on/off events I want) just to keep it ticking over, I suppose if I was going out in the morning I could set it to come on continuous for a bit, but at the moment I'm leaving the heater on 100% for safety. Bigbird, I doubt your vehicle is affected by windchill, since that's related to evaporation and therefore more related to skin temp, however, -36 is close enough to the -45 I know most antifreeze is only good for, so I'd' say you're smart to play it safe. Can you plug in at work? My garage stays above freezing usually, thanks to the dryer vent duct running through there (free heat) plus leakage from the house, and residual heat from the car, unfortunately all our stuff from Australia arrived - well, it's unfortunate since all the boxes are filling up the garage and there's no room for the car - it was fabulous having a (relatively) warm car to get into in the morning, I'm sure my wife is missing that! We also probably get some heat from the bedroom above the garage, the floor in the bedroom has been feeling pretty cold. I'm wondering if the floor/ceiling's insulated or not - garage ceiling's clad in plywood which I doubt is wise (or legal) and I was going to put drywall over it, but I'm wondering if I should pull the ply off and check for insulation, or drill some holes in and place expanding foam, or just put battens over it and sheet foam insulation, then drywall. Only downside I can see is garage will lose some of its default heating, but floor in master b/r will feel a little nicer. Mark, have you considered putting a battery heater in your car? They're not too expensive, I've seen them in places like Canadian tire. Given the conditions you're experiencing, might be a good idea.

Nice looking little seedling! And unusual that it is showing many of the same traits as the mama tree. Not always (in fact, rarely) the case with open pollinated seeds. Is the last a current photo of the mama tree? My MY is screaming yellow at the moment and in the process of dropping all its leaves. And to my knowledge, has never produced any samaras.

Well, it's been a difficult couple of weeks. First of all, I've been so busy with other obigations, that I've not spent as much time as I would like learning the new machine. Then... where to start. Since I bought the machine on consignment, the owners of the shop, although they came and installed the machine for me, were not knowledgeable about my brand of frame. So what I learned by watching YouTube videos, but mostly by talking to a wonderful representative of the Grace Company who downloaded operating manuals and parts lists to my tablet, was that one of the bars was installed backwards and that the take-up bar on the frame actually moved forward and back while the machine quilted. Getting this all working entailed quite a bit of crawling around under the frame, but I finally got it. The tension was set poorly and was leaving eyelashes on the back of the quilt, but when I tightened the top tension, the fabric puckered. So I loosened the bobbin tension, lowered the upper tension and finally got that balanced. Learning the computer program wa another challenge. I spent a fair amount of time, yelling at the videos or tearing my hair out trying to read the manuals, but I actually made a lot of progress today. What didn't work was the spacing when I set the second zone. That's for another day. Oh, I missed telling you how long it took me to learn to load the quilt layers properly. I had bought Red Snappers and clips for floating the quilt, but I decided that for me as a beginner, pinning was the way to go. The stitching running horizontally looks great when running with the computer, but the vertical stitches are not always in line. I'll have to work on that fix too. I'll call Kimberly at Grace again, but I like to give her a few days in between my calls to recover. I'm sure that eventually I'll get this all down pat, but right now the learning curve is really steep. And I haven't even begun to learn how to "repair" the pattern when the bobbin runs out or the thread breaks. Oh, well. They say learning new skills is really good for the aging mind. If this is true, my mind should have gotten about 10 years younger after all this. Thanks for asking, Donna. I wish one of you experienced longarmers lived close by. All suggestions are welcome.

Love those Jilly but I think the area is too busy for that, plus that is $$$$. They don't particuarly want a row of brass tacks, which I get. For starters we will try this and some double sided tape. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Inteplast-Group-Building-Products-1-4-in-x-8-ft-Prefinished-Polystyrene-Shoe-Moulding-Actual-0-25-in-x-8-ft/50147916?cm_mmc=shp--c--prd--mlw--ggl--LIA_MLW_122_Mouldings-Specialty-Millwork--50147916--local--0-_-0&gclid=Cj0KCQjw27mhBhC9ARIsAIFsETFuz6uxaWHhzNudeXj8fewe36RHRu6tmE6NplriTgW7vy2KLDkAtyMaAstIEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds