It looks like early blight to me, here is the link http://plantdiagnostics.umd.edu/_media/client/diagnostics/gallery/early_blight_with_fruit_l.jpg You will know, if it is late blight tomorrow, it is extremely fast happening: I came from 2 days trip and my gorgeous healthy stout tomato plant was absolutely destroyed by late blight. You will know the moment you see it. I now check every morning all the tomatoes leaves, some with charachteristic spots, I am using a sparying program in one of my gardens. The best site for late blight pictures is Cornell's http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/Facilities/lihrec/vegpath/photos/images/late_blight_tomato_stem2x1200.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/Facilities/lihrec/vegpath/photos/lateblight_tomato.htm&usg=__QBs-_ijN6R_JKR5WbxR21EO1Axg=&h=841&w=1200&sz=195&hl=en&start=17&um=1&tbnid=3ENxH_UNnkDHEM:&tbnh=105&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtomato%2Bearly%2Bblight%2Bcornell%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4SUNA_enUS238US290%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1 Hope, this helps, Good luck

If the tiles were there when you bought the house, check the attic and basement, and anywhere else one might store extras, to make sure you don't actually have some. I had to re-do a section of a bathroom floor when I bought the house, and I was so glad to discover that there were extra tiles in the basement for that bathroom.

Lily, thanks for the info on stainless steel. I had a transparent pink gazing globe but the reflective ones are far more magical. I like lots of whimsy in my garden. I have solar owls, penguins!, flowers and more plus hand blown glass bird baths, fairy and cherub statues, bunnies...just a menagerie. I also have a bird bath planter with a solar fairy house. When the light goes out I tell my granddaughter the fairies have gone to bed. The light doesn't work anymore so I told her I think the fairies have moved :-) She's nine so she's not buying any of it, just rolls her eyes! Vaporvac, How is your midge battle going? I don't seem to be having a huge problem this year. I think your method worked well for me. I do have a newspaper barrier between the mulch and soil this year, maybe that's helping too. Plus the mulch is only about 1/2 inch thick so maybe not deep enough to pupate in? Bowling ball gazing globe? That sounds interesting! I'd love to see how that turns out. I just bought three hydrangeas today. Tiny Tuff Stuff, Seaside Cape Cod and Double Delights Stargazer. It stays cool here pretty late in the year so I generally get only two flushes a season so there's a lot of time when nothing else is going on. I love irises but they don't do well here. They'll flower one year and never again. I like the idea of a "path" so I can have border plants and some "movement". I also want to break it up a bit to be able to get to the larger roses. I just think it looks odd to have all these roses lined up like soldiers. I think it's tougher to work with geometrics rather than a sinuous bed but I'm stuck with what we have since the beds are raised. And I get overwhelmed by, to me what seems like such a large space. The rest of my rose beds in this area are small and broken up with fountains, benches, fairies and such. The statues and such are more for winter interest since all the plants are deciduous so not much going on once the leaves have dropped. Moses, no offense but I think I'll pass on the T-Rex. I do like gargoyles though ;-) This is my Alice garden. There is also a little pig statue and at some point there will be a "teapot" garden feature. Probably not your "cup of tea" though, lol. sharon

Hi Rina -- What a wonderful room. Perhaps a more modern squared sectional or a sofa with a lounge end and then add another chair . Or have matching sofas back to back with a narrow console table between for lamps etc then add another chair and an upholstered ottoman for the backed sofa . That should fill the void in the center . Everything looks real nice right now .