Some helpful tips include bottom heat... if you can access a small plant heat mat, cuttings respond to soil warmth, as Al indicates in his post above. Another tip is to keep the rooting cuttings out of direct sunlight... they can't really synthesize any sun, and will put all their energy into rooting. Humidity helps, if you can maintain a rather humid atmosphere around them... placing a baggie over the pot can help with that. Patience is huge in gardening... it's very true that a watched pot never seems to boil, and some plant types can take a long time to produce roots... so have a little patience. :-)

I spent this morning repainting some of the wrought iron furniture out on our bedroom portal. Please overlook the partially missing brick flooring, as we're getting ready to do some renovating there. Anyhoo, this furniture was white, while the wrought iron furniture on our back portal off the family room is green. Back portal furniture (off the family room): As you can see one portal from the other, I wanted them to match. Now all the furniture is green, and all the seat cushions and throw pillows coordinate. So, newly painted furniture, new throw pillows for the bench, and a new pot of succulents for the table. Much more still to do, but that's my "New" for today.

Thank you, Jim.

Common entertainment included playing cards. However, there was a tax levied when purchasing playing cards but only applicable to the 'Ace of Spades.' To avoid paying the tax, people would purchase 51 cards instead. Yet, since most games require 52 cards, these people were thought to be stupid or dumb because they weren't 'playing with a full deck.'