Well I guess we all know that buying these bulbs can be a pig in a poke, but they looked good and it's sooo very hard to resist. And, it's for a very good cause..your Nymph is beautiful but I hope I don't end up with another as I've acquired 3 already and I only bought one! If anyone ends up with a Jungle Star this year through a mislabel or otherwise please please let me know what you bought and where you bought it!! Kristi's Grand Cru is beautiful..I can't believe the number of flowers..time will tell what I get! Last year I bought about 25/30 bulbs from nurseries and about 1/3 were mislabeled but I have to joyfully say that not one was virused! I did loose a couple to rot though... Donna

my husband, doug, had breast cancer in 2001. it came as quite a shock to our family. he was having a bloody discharge from his left nipple for 3 months before he approached me with tears in his eyes. upon going to several surgeons for opinions, we were met with much fear based haste to make decisions. one of the options presented to my husband was to remove his testicles. that wasn't an option on our priority list, and in, fact, even a biopsy was refused by my husband as there is a theory that once the cancer clusters are punctured, wayward cancer cells can travel throughout the body. we did a lot of reading and computer research to find answers. my father bought doug several shipments of appropriate supplements and some of the powdered herbs, graviola and cat's claw. we got appointments with a D.O. , a chiropractor, an herbalist, and a counselor. doug started exercizing, eating simply and nutritiously, and meditating. one of the best resource books we read was susun weed's book, BREAST CANCER? BREAST HEALTH. susun's book helped him relax, become introspective, and regain health. she offers an informative description of an anti-cancer lifestyle, what it is to be diagnosed with cancer, explanations of diagnostic procedures, in home treatments as well as treatments offered by the medical establishment. She outlined 6 steps of healing which empowers the person with cancer to take the course of healing into their own hands. here is a link to her site if anyone would like to visit: http://breasthealthcancerprevention.com/ during this time, we visited a surgeon who specialized in women's health in the southern part of our state. she monitored the tumour's size and growth by ultrasound, something that had been discouraged in our own area. doug gave himself one year to treat the small in situ tumour on his own. at the end of the year, the cancer had not grown, but doug chose to have the tumour taken from his breast. he has been cancer free ever since...9 years. alot of his well-being during that time with cancer he attributes to the philosphy shared in susun weed's book, his relaxed positive outlook, and his ability to not buy into the fear factor. .

You might want to have your Vitamin D level checked the next time you have your blood tested. I know my Internist now screens for D levels. My son had low levels and had to take a prescription dose of Vitamin D to bring his level back up to normal. There's also a correlation between low D and prostate cancer. Here is a link that might be useful: Vitamin D

Ladies It has been two weeks from hell, but we are finally moved out of our rental unit and into our new home. I am having quilting withdrawal symptoms, and can't honestly set up my sewing room until the rest of the house is done. I'm hoping that over the Memorial Day weekend, I can get the sewing room set up and get back to quilting. We just got back on-line and I just wanted to let ladies know that I have received several packages the past two weeks with breast cancer/americana blocks/tops in them and want to say THANK YOU! Keep them coming. All of the packages are currently in my sewing room...somewhere with everything else, so I can't list by name right now each package that I have received. But again, THANK YOU! I also just returned from our Board Meeting for Quilt Guild and the blocks are rolling in for EVERYWHERE. We are in north central North Dakota, and blocks are coming in from the east, west and south. This is going to be an exciting year for the quilt raffle to support breast cancer. WOW! Thank you all again. Lynn