Hey Lars, Thank you for the complement. I grow my Tillandsias mainly indoors, also I grow them in a few of my gecko vivarium's. I just put a few of them outdoors last week. I grow some Neos in my gecko vivarium's and the rest outdoors. I have had the most success growing them in my vivarium's under fluorescent lights. For me under fluorescent lights they grow more true to form.(i.e more compact and colorful year round) I cant seem to grow them right outdoors. This winter was a cold one here this year. I usually have to deal with frost one week out of the year, but we had well over a month of freezing night time temps.(inland Bay Area California) I got tired of moving my frost intolerant plants inside every night, so I just left them out. Surprisingly I did not lose any of them. The Bromeliads survived sub-freezing temperatures under my porch.(their cups were dry of course) Some look like hell, but they are alive. Here are a few more pictures of my Bromeliads grown in my vivarium's. Regards, Patrick

Welcome Cindy! And there is no way we would be overwhelmed with all of your great decoration pics. We love pictures. I'm looking forward to more. My favorite is your bathroom. I LOVE what you did with the soap! How Cute! I may have to steal- I mean BORROW - that idea for my bathroom! And I'm not allowing myself to look very long at your village pieces. I have NO MORE storage space. NONE. PERIOD. I was closet/cabinet/storage space deprived BEFORE I was stricken with this "dish-ease" that I caught on this forum. I went shopping after Halloween last year and bought 3 storage bins full of Halloween stuff and had to give up precious space in my MB closet to store it. Now I truly can't buy anything else until I build a garage, storage building, or add a LARGE storage room to my house. And my budget isn't allowing that in the near future. Sigh... So.. hurry and show us the outside decorations. It's close enough for me! LOL Betty

Welcome Aboard, and thanks for sharing......where in Ca do you live? We just flew out there 2 weeks ago and traveled all over from Ca, to Nevada, To Arizona, and to NM....put on over 2000 miles in 2 weeks, had a blast! Sure hated to come home to 2' of snow & cold! HA! Thanks for sharing the link.....nice stuff

The bird I'm sorry to say came from Kohl's during the summer when all their outdoor stuff was on sale. The glass I used for the bluebird was Van Gogh Blue and used the blue/green on the tail and wings. That one was a pistol to complete. Sometimes by the end of the project I am absolutely sick of cutting small pieces, and my arm is beyond hurting but it is my stress relief and keeps me out of trouble!