Below is a link to a photo album from Wyns Dahlias, illustrating how they set up their rows. Great info. They have closed down operations after a fatal fire this last winter distroyed almost all their stock and and cost Walt Wynne his life. His widow, Cory, is a member of this forum, but I don't think she's been active for a while. She is rebuilding the house and has a beautiful garden ( not in these pictures). In Walt's memory, Cory and her children have left up the company website for the dahlia community. There are many images on there of varieties that I have found nowhere else on the web, and lots of nuggets of information that help growers. Hope these images and descriptions help you, as they have me. Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Cultivation by Wyns Dahlias

Renee, I've been using infrared nest cams since 2004. Are you recording the video as it comes in??? If you are and want to edit the clips, I use windows Movie Maker which is free and good enough. BTW, while they are building their nest, you'll see the female bringing nesting material IN and see if the male comes in and takes 'stuff' OUT. I currently have a nest building pair who have had me in stitches with their antics..they're not making much progress for some days the male takes out as much as the female puts IN! If you see that and can record it, let me know. I'm trying to find out if this is common behavior or not. I have someone in NC who has video of this behavior. You can see the videos I've made of each day of 4 days of nest building the link below. Have fun! Linda... Here is a link that might be useful: Bluebird videos/other birds, too

I have a black and white kitchen with just a few colorful hand towels (yellow), a basket full of fruit (natural), a basket with onions (natural) on another counter, an old yellow sugar bowl next to the coffee maker and a couple of potted herbs in yellow and green pots. And a small rug at the sink that is black with sunflowers. But that is me. I love a little bit of yellow here and there to help me smile : ) I agree with the others, though. If this is what you like, than own it! Especially in a contemporary house a monochromatic kitchen with a sharp black and white photo would look fabulous, and your kitchen is so lovely you don't need to "tart it up" with accents if they don't speak to YOU! Not sure what you are putting in the glass cabinets, but I have seen some really lovely cabinets with the back wall painted a deep color to set off white dishes. (Just a thought) [Transitional Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/transitional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2112) by Saskatoon Interior Designers & Decorators Atmosphere Interior Design Inc.

Hi Sandra, I own an Epson 4490 Photo scanner and just place my photo on the bed and when my warm up light stops blinking, I push the button, it then opens my program. Then I choose Photogragh and click on preview to scan so my picture appears so I can do my cropping (see the dotted frame around pic) and what other adjustments if needed. Then I click on Scan for my final. I pick Printer so it scans LARGE for easier editing and print outs and I can make it smaller after, if I choose to send in e-mail or post on a forum. I shall upload a screen shot with further descriptions hoping it makes sense to help in any way. By choosing Printer, the cropped picture went from 2550x3509 pixels to 900x1183 cause you do NOT want to scan the bed along with your photo making the photo tiny and all in all a humongous file. If I chose screen/web, the picture would be 297x373 pixels which is WAY TOO small to be of value. Urlee