Wow! What a tight swirl! I can see why it's your favorite! What a hobby! That would be so rewarding. Now what you should do is cross the first rose you posted above with your favorite rose. The color on your first rose is really sensational. The form on the 2nd one is terrific. Put them together!! Do you have to go through hundreds of seedlings before you get a good one? Do you keep all of the progeny or just the good ones? This is really cool! Carol

Wow! That was facinating! And here I sometimes feel a bit overwhelmed at the excess in my little home! I have nothing, I repeat, nothing, compared to her! LOL She sure has some great storage spaces too, loved her use of every possible cupboard and closet. Had to laugh when I saw she even had dishes in the bathroom cabinets too. ;o) Talk about "enabling", and "collecting" and she's a perfect example. LOL TFS Luvs

The first time I tried it, there was nothing--I got to doors, but nothing happened. Then finally a problem came up on the door, but I had no idea what to do after throwing the snail balls (I didn't know you were supposed to type in the number answer). It's pretty simple once the stuff works--you run into the snails, which then turn into balls you can throw at the door. Then you have to type in the numeral that is the answer to the problem on the door. After that, the door opens up and an ogre comes out. The multiplication problem(s) appear on his front and you have so much time in which to type in the answer. If you answer wrong, he blasts you with his club thing. After you give the correct answer(s) several times, he goes back behind the door and a key appears, which you grab by running into it. After you do this at several doors, you go on to the next level. That's as far as I know :) We've played this game with dd doing the keyboard and me manipulating the mouse. That has worked well so far. She's still trying to get used to pushing the right number key(s), which is hard for her to do quickly.

Place your cold eggs from the refrigerator in a saucepan that they can fit into fairly snug. Run your tap water until it is hot. Cover the eggs with this hot tap water. Then put the saucepan on the stove on high heat. Bring to a boil, let boil about 5 minutes. Pour off the water and cover with cold water till eggs are cool enough to peel. The shell will come off in big pieces, leaving the egg smooth. You can also just set the eggs on the counter and let them cool naturally if you have the time, but refrigerate them as soon as they have cooled. You can peel them later, as you need them. I think we had an earlier thread on this, either here or maybe it was over on the recipe exchange forum. --Ilene