Hi guys ~ Cafe seems to be a very low growing one that isn't too vigorous. You may want to plan accordingly where to put this one in your beds. I plan on giving it lots of love and organics this year to perk it up. It is planted in a new bed now, so maybe it will be happier in the ground. It does have Lavender Pinocchio in its heritage so that probably why it's a little fussy. When it blooms though you forgive it! Mine is planted in a new bed with Distant Drums, Brown Velvet, Alchymist, Teddy Bear & Cafe Ole. I think I want to get Souvenir du Docteur Jamain to wrap around the other side of the arbor for a pop color. What do you guys think? Distant Thunder will be one I will check out when visiting Heirloom's Gardens this year. I'm very curious about it too. Best of luck to you guys with your new beds! They sound really pretty. Here's a sneak preview of Cafe for you! :o) It smells really good too. Here is a link that might be useful: Souvenir du Docteur Jamain at HMF

DD, so glad you have a tripod, I had mentioned about not using a flash before, but posts and messages get lost so quickly, but that is soooooo important for a great pic, to NOT use a flash, I have used a spot light (which I posted about before too), I will use to up certain objects in a room too. Some lighting in the room is OK too,(low light bulbs on in your lamp) even candle light going on in the room to add to the light and ambiance to the photo. Luckily my camera doesn't automatically flash. On my camera I have a little button to hit to "pop up" the flash, so I don't have to worry about how to figure out how to turn off the flash, thank goodness because I am not a real techie person with this "automatic" stuff. My dream is to have a really nice camera, but that is not about to happen any time soon, so in the mean time I get by with what I have. So just to recap, using a tripod, eliminates the blurryness just from someone holding the camera and shaking a bit and at the same time allows for a photo to be taken without a flash, allowing you to use the AVAILABLE light in the room and lights already in the tree therefore no blur again. PLUS, with the camera on a tripod, it is sooooo much easier to compose your photo, you look at the view on the back of the camera, then you can step aways from the camera on the tripod to make those adjustments that make for a nice finished photo.

We have cream color painted cabs and I was wondering how you clean them and what you use to clean them. Thanks for any suggestions.

I just painted my bedroom Van Deusen Blue and it is gorgeous. (Had a horrid experience with SW and as soon as I went back to Ben, all was well. You have the BEST paint.) I'm a better-than-average painter but no matter what I do - taping, straight-edge guide, slow freestyle - I cannot get a clean line. It's bad enough that I am considering painting the rest of my house white just to avoid the mess. Any tips? And any suggestions for a warm white just in case? Thanks!!!