Shirley, I am so terribly sorry to hear about the loss of your brother. You and your family are in my prayers. Melinda, Fran, and Sassy, thanks for catching those woopsies. I've done it a few times in my recipes too. Dianne, your daylily is beautiful and the Riverwalk is so peaceful looking. How lucky you are to have that near you! Thank you everyone for all the wonderful recipes! I am so excited and proud of everyone for all their contributions! This is a great bunch of people and I can't wait to get the finished product out to all of you who made this possible. Sassy, I wanted to say a special thank you to you sweetie. This was a fantastic idea and is a wonderful way of pulling together all these amazing people from all over the country. You are a great lady. Thank you! Ok, I am off to vote and then get back to sorting the recipes. Keep sending those pictures to me. You can post here or email them to me. Thanks gang! Tracy

I've put my Graniteware roaster on my 11" element and it worked fine, bumps and all. Most of it fits within the ring, just the pointy ends overlap. I think that's better than trying to bridge with it. My long grill pan will work across two elements, but the problem, besides hot spots, is that the heat builds up underneath. This can affect the electronics, and otherwise upset the unit. If you're lucky, it'll turn itself off if it's too unhappy. You can help by opening the drawer or doors underneath to increase air circulation and cooling, unless you've mounted it over an oven, of course. There should be no problem deglazing a roaster across two elements. It doesn't take a lot of heat for a long time. I'd worry about the heat distribution in the fish poacher. Might be better to do that in the oven. The grill pan worries me. If you have a large element, you can get a large round, flat bottomed grill pan, which would work better. (I have gas as well, so use that with the grill pan.)

Rosewitch, England was definitely one of my favorite places I have ever visited. My folks took me there when I was 14, and I remember bits and pieces the Crown jewels, walking amongst the Stonehenge stones (roped off now, vandalism), Stratford upon Avon. Time for me to take my own 14YO. Im trying to think how I can get over there for a whole summer, LOL. Dlynn, I could have worked so much more. I didnt really look at night time stuff and there was loads to do. Greece: cant help you, but shoot Yasou a line, she went a few years ago. LOL Annie! Teresa, well go together. I wanted to explore more cooking and food shops/stores but didnt get to. Terri, here is more a link to Pictures of England, a website pointed out to me by Denise. I started it on Bourton on the Water, where we stayed for a few days. Thanks Sharon, I was actually thinking how can I even come close to posting her quality of travel guides, I dont do the pictures she does LOL. We might have sat at the same table in the Cheshire Cheeses dining room! Sawdust still there, but we didnt make it to the cellar. I missed a lot of the British Museum. It has changed.check out the new atrium. I couldnt keep up with DH and DS16. Afternoons, when I planned museums, I crashed. Next time! Pam, lots of people did more than we did per day! Theater every night, more attractions, I cant imagine. Gina heh heh yeah I need another vacation like a hole in my head. Speaking of whichDH has another week off in August. Nooooooooo! Kathleen, DH says he took an average of 200 pictures a day. Yup. Me, I just buy the post cards or Google the images, same thing (DARFC from the photo bugs here) Cathy, thanks for giving me the War and Peace moniker heh heh. Next time I go with CF friends! LindaC, I know. Im still exhausted. Speaking of the V&A, did you know there was a Dale Chihuly chandelier in the entrance room?

I started cross stitching over 25 years ago to make my something special because my godmother had an aneurysm. I wanted to know how special she is. I found just that pattern at a local, independent shop. To this day I find patterns at local shops. In the city of Houston, there are at the very least 5 fully operational shops, even during the COVID-19 tragedy. What I have learned during my very short 55 years on this planet is that because people who work anything with their hands is a lessening breed, we band together to help. regardless of craft. The key is someone local, that means the shop closest to your zipcode. Email them and they will come to greet you with open arms and lots of advice. My experience across every local shop I have ever been in aacacracroacrosacross 4 different states has been one of blessing and kindness. For all those would be and old time stitchers, shop local to your zip and engage as much as possible the collective wisdom and those who frequent their shop, because we as people, always gravitate toward those whom we all have something in common.