The Knight is a child of Chianti, accd to HMF, which also says that The Knight gives only scattered blooms after Spring. Chianti is a once bloomer, but here in No Cal it gets HUGE, and blooms so much in its Spring flush that you can barely see the bush, just the blooms. If the Knight is like that, it will be great. Jackie

I don't know if you've chosen your shingle color yet, but I know how you feel. I felt very apprehensive when picking out my shingle color. I had the look of our home in my head, and it had a dark roof, not black, but dark. When picking my brick and mortar color, NOBODY agreed with my selection except for my husband. The supply company even told my builder that it was NOT a color of mortar that was ever used with my brick color. After that was over, then there was the shingle selection. Apparently noone agreed with that either, except my husband. Everytime I picked a dark color, someone from my building team would hesitate. Finally the project lead suggested Autumn Brown by Tamko at www.tamko.com. It has a combination of browns with a chocolate brown, which is the color of our mortar. The shingles went up on the house today, and will be completed tomorrow, and the color is perfect for the house. I was concerned, even after we ordered a sample and set it next to the brick and mortar samples. I also used www.colorplan.com to give me a clue as to what colors might look good on the roof. I hope you are pleased with your choice. Here is a link that might be useful: My home build blog

I think the color has to have a little more depth and not be so pure. Another one to try is BM Stratton Blue. A friend used it as her hall/stairwell color with a burgundy runner (gold and turquoise accents like yours) and with cream trim, it was stunning. Very sophisticated version or turquoise, since it is slightly "dirty" (a BM historical color).

Maybe these are mostly almanacs or something When I was a little girl we had these gorgeous series about famous world travelers and travels..the covers were white. I confess-I read a lot, but I didn't read one book in these series. Don't know why. Did admire the covers:) My older brother was a fan though. His favorite one was about somebody climbing Annapurna, second high mountain I think, in Himalayan chain. He was so impressed that when he grew up-he went to Nepal with friends, and climbed Annapurna.. You don't need a lot in the library for it to become a place where dreams come from. Well you don't need a dedicated library at all-but that's another topic already.