If you were to type in artificial flowers in the GJ search bar, you would most likely find several postings where we've all had this same discussion. Personally, for me, I use artificial flowers on my front porch for a variety of reasons...I mix them with the real ones to add more colors since annuals tend to like full sun and my porch is shady. I also use them because my four cats and two very large possums rule my front porch, so the fake ones can take more of a beating than the real ones and because I can move them and bend them at will. They add a pop of color and since I have so many real gardens to tend, it allows me to spend more time there and still make sure my front porch looks inviting. Your porch looks great! And with a new little one to take care of, it's an even better idea. Love your color choices and all of your pots, etc. And....we've all made comments of other people's stuff and later had to eat those words, so don't feel too bad about that! Great job and very creative too!

Right......a regular Mother Teresa you are. Why not say you did this to earn money off the clicks for those that use it? Honesty is the Best Policy. One more busted, trying to profit by being "helpful".

My youngest daughter just found out the hard way about the evil side of social media. She just recently announced her pregnancy after a loss and thought her 'friends' would be supportive and happy for her. One of her 'friends' started up a hate campaign with personal messages (via Snapchat, which I don't do) and began cyber bullying her. Saying things like 'I hope this baby dies too'......and 'you look too far along to be 10 weeks so you must have faked the miscarriage and said it happened to get attention'. This person is my stepson's girlfriend and a new mother herself! She has now been blocked on all social media by both my daughter, myself and my husband but it has created a huge rift in the family. I doubt my husband will ever get to see his grandson now. So, social media can be used as a weapon. I also miss so many of our forum friends who left. To me this place is like 'family' and we come together for the love of beautiful flowers. There's no hatred here, no judgement, no negativity. Everyone is polite and friendly. That's why it bothers us so much that HOUZZ is messing up our fun time!! We liked it the way it was.

I've been here pretty much since the beginning.....1996? Before that, there were some Usenet boards but the Internet was nothing like it is now and was not nearly as heavily used or accessed. I admit this site is cumbersome and still has its fair share of kinks to work out. And a lot of it has to do with how you enter and what devices you use to access. But it is by far the most detailed and comprehensive website of its type. IMO, it is well worth figuring out your best way of accessing the wealth of info contained here and the sense of community that is still generated by many of the forums and that cannot be matched by any other similar website or social media platform!!