I loved the results but only followed the tut half way (using Psp 8)....I ended up adding the rabbit & then duplicating the image, rather than the layers....(guess I've done more tuts using that method), flood filled & then moved the images to A/S..... Great find Sue!! FlutteringBy

Livnlife I admire you for tackling such a small ball and I love it with the iridescent glass background. Eklypz, I can't believe this is your first Van Gogh glass!!! Diamondjennie, your ball looks so dainty and elegant. Flagtruck, using cup handles to make a built in stand for that gorgeous ball, was absolutely brilliant!!! Ahem...I can't believe that the person who ran this exchange and told everyone to make sure they took a picture of their ball before they sent it, failed to do that with their own ball and is going to make us all wait anxiuosly for Momof3 to find her camera! LOL Hey momof3...did you find that camera yet? Barb

Fortunately there was no drama. Well, BM walked SD to the car and tells DH that she washed all of SD's clothes so he won't have to. We get home, the jeans I bought her for Christmas are gone from her bag & there are at least a dozen pair of underwear in her bag... I ask how many she took & SD says she had those at her mom's over time. LOL, I'm a little confused because I went & bought her more because she only had a couple pair after all her laundry was done... now she comes home with a dozen pair. I'm confused at how so many ended up at BM's house and there aren't any at ours? Surely she doesn't come home with none, right? Oh well, not a big deal... just bizarre. The jeans, I think BM kept them there to see if I will say something.... remember "those damn pants!". Well, who cares... she can have them, SD will be there in summer anyways and she only has six weeks left in school. She has enough to get by or I can buy more. As for SD... she started talking about how BF's kids had been there for a week (spring break) and three weekends in a row. She says they couldn't go roller skating (like BM promised at SD's party) because her sister's friend (the one that came uninvited to SD's party) was skiing and they are doing that next week. My inner cynic says "yeah right!" Today we were at the store & saw Easter stuff on sale, I asked her about her basket. Before she left, she was talking to BM & was saying BM told her all the candy that was in her big basket. As we are standing in the clearance aisle, SD starts telling me what was in her basket... coincidentally it was all the same things on the shelf at the store. I don't know if she really got a basket but she has fabricated stories to include her mom in activities that never happened... like telling us that her mom took her to the movies with BF & then they went to BF's exW's house to play... yeah, she went to the movies & exW's house with BF... but BM was at work but SD insisted to us that her mom was there. It's either wishful thinking or lying to protect her mom since she believes her mom is trying to get custody of her and is very protective of anything that might make mom look bad... and nothing BM does makes her look good. Today I made an appointment to have SD tested for ADHD and resume counseling.

Katkin For me the easter lily grows well but does not flower have several plants that do that Daylily, florist amaryllis. ground orchids severasl types of Iris had a similar problem with Agapanthus but gave it a very dry rest and iis growing well but no flowers so far.. Some what of the problem with Caldewell lily it often resprouts during warm spells or it fails to go dormant if that happens it will not flower at all lol Silvia have found several Gessies that do very well during summer and react to cold spells by going dormant. not really a test as the last two years the low has been 37 and only for a couple of hours Most surprising have been florist Gloxinias they will go dormant at around 45 BUT resprout almost immediately . The big problem has been squirrels they snip them off!! Streptocarpella sailed through winter but is not flowering as yet Chrisothemis does very well it is budding up at the moment but completely disappears during winter..Only about 500 more species to try lol Ah Coleus !!lol Who needs flowers when they have such spectaular leaves?? lol Evergreen the smallest clip will root so have never tried seeds. There are over 800 named cultivars but you seldom see more than a dozen. Guess I'll have to revert to mailorder. Odd that they almost become trees for me while the relatives Plectranthus tend to waste away My goal has always been evergreen and everblooming but I'm a LONG way from that lol gary