+oM they do have some Heather that will work in alkaline soil. The Erica Carnea and I checked and this one is zone 4 hardy. I have a few other Ericas that work in alkaline but they are only zone 5 hardy. Probably iffy for you but do well for me in my neutral 6.8 clay soil. I have mine on a slope which I think is important. If you decide to try some let me know and I can give you a link where I got mine. Will if they ban you it's time for us all to leave. You do no more than keep us interested and coming back. There is another forum that would make us welcome. Cher

Nice collage. The fruit in right bottom photo looks just like pattypan squash to me. I'll bet the whole thing is beautiful. Sunny

I'm so glad you guys like this. The more I look at it, the more pleased I am. I struggled SO HARD with this project -- I knew it could be good, but I tried out various schemes -- hanging from sticks with string and closepins, maybe stick on a mirror, etc. I was ready to just stick the pics on the plain canvas, but knew the white background wasn't right. The brown glaze background was a last minute decision and it just brought the whole thing together. You can't really see in the pics, but it's subtly metallic, which matches the matte print of the pics perfectly. It's really special to me, because my nickname is Cloud, and because the pics are all taken by me around my property and locally. and now, I'll shut up about it, lol!

THANK YOU!!! That is one great cat. Would love to have another but do not think it would be advisable for me or the cat. I am slowly making proigress on the posting situation and hope to have some pics by winter. Steve in Baltimore County.