Sorry to hear you lost your plants. I lost power for 3 days over New Year's and lost almost everything in my greenhouse. I just took a quick look at Ebay and saw that these people had brugs for sale, arghyagardens, dogwooderitternet and elgringo65 . I've bought from the first two and have never been disappointed. I've never purchased from the 3rd seller but they have 100% feedback. Eddie is the owner of World of Brugmansia and a member of this forum.

I'm not having that problem, although I have them in only one location at my house. In fact they are about to be moved to make room for other things. Hopefully they'll like their new home.

Well, as i sit here, peering out at the snow melting away, i am getting back to thoughts of camping, or a reasonable facsimile of it. Ruth is feeling much better, after her throat opening operation (A gift of many years of smoking.) But, her lungs aren't getting much better. (Another gift of smoking) This summer, i'll probably be going in my little pick-up. I'll make up a cap for it, and sleep in the back, near the terlets! There are 4-5 Bluegrass happenings i'd like to attend, but the price of gasoline will be the factor in that. But, today, here in W. PA., the sun is out, the snow is gasping its last, i have several things to do now, to get ready for summer. Most of the folks from our camping club have gone on, but i do see a few once in a while. They don't go any more. Too tough on the old body to sleep out in a tent, they say. Me? I'm 86 this summer (well, last September) but i still like to sleep out in a tent or camper cap or a motor home. The skeeters take one bite, spit it out, and go on to younger victims! We've had all kinds of campers, from a world war one army tent, to our motor home, with a bunch of tent campers tossed into the mix, and one truck cap. I'd see a cheap panel truck on a car lot, buy it for cheap, drive it a week, then stuff some sleeping bags, a 50 year old gasoline stove, a jug of clean water, a box of food, an old ice chest, and dishes, and go off for a weekend of fishing! Yeah, i looked like a Gypsy, but i had fun. Ruth always said it gave her a rest from housework. I took her fishing once, but she got her hook caught in her jeans more than in a fish! Thats when she decided it'd be much better for me to go with my buddies, and leave her at home! We got into camping way back around 1965. I had the old Army tent stuffed away in storage, so we took that, my ancient gasoline stove, a styrofoam ice chest,plenty of blankets, food, and cash. I had taken a ratty old '53 Mercury station wagon on trade for a car i sold, so we loaded it up with the camping stuff, tied the tent, ridge pole and others on the roof rack, loaded the 2 kids and Ruth in it, and went off to Shawnee State Park, in PA. Before going any further, i must say this: Who ever owned the wagon before me, had taken off the wooden side rails from the doors, etc., plugged the holes with masking tape, and painted it all with a brush. So, there we go---looking like Tobacco Roaders, and happy! (A pause, while i laugh at the thought!) WE got to the park, and they finally let us come in to camp. They put us right beside some smarmy old geezer, who towed his AIRSTREAM with an INTERNATIONAL STATION WAGON!!! Those were the De Rigeur for towing, at that point in time. Well, he looked at us with a "Jaundiced eye", and refused to talk to us. I'm not the kind to be harmed by smarmy old stuck up gents that drive trucks. Nor International station wagons. We got the tent set up, the camp stove working, made coffee, draped some plastic sheeting, ate supper, got a little camp fire going, toasted marsh-mallows, and were happy----went to bed----and----BOOM, came the lightening, and the RAIN--lots of it--tank cars full of it-- and the WIND--much. It flowed into the tent, and it flowed out! It came in thru the canvas, and flowed out, after giving all of us a cold bath! Thank heaven the windows rolled up on the car. We finished the night out, inside of it. Next day, we went back home. Ruth went to Sears and Roebuck's the next week and bought a new tent, sleeping bags, blankets, and a plethora of camping gear, including a new gasoline stove and an ice chest and water jug! And, we also bought a much better looking car, too! And, went camping in style!

Fascinating discussion. My mom used to decorate by consensus and then was never happy with what she did. When posters here ask what color of granite to get, what paint color, etc., and then people respond by basically voting on the choice, I rarely participate because my response will always be for them to get what they want, not what most want. Sure, come here with questions and ask for ideas. Someone is sure to pop in what a fantastic idea you never thought of. But that's not the same as decorating by consensus. And consensus is usually safe, neutral and bland, from what I've seen. There's a current discussion in the Kitchen forum about yellow kitchens. The OP is being advised to get a cream with slight yellow tinge to it rather than getting yellow as yellow is too bright, screams too loud, yada yada. Gosh, I loved my yellow kitchen in my first house and am planning on introducing some yellow into my current kitchen which I have decided to paint cream and turquoise. Yeah, turquoise. Yellow goes well with turquoise. And both will play well with the bright orange loveseats in the connecting sitting room. I'm sure I would be advised to go different if I asked so I'm not gonna ask. I love these colors together. Thanks for sharing that great Jack Larsen fabric, palimpest. It looks like a great fabric for pillows in my kitchen/sitting room combo to help tie things together. Like Sweat-Tea, I tend to lose interest once something becomes a trend. The problem is that it's so hard to find what you like if it's not the current trend. It means that if a color you like comes back into style, better grab it while you can because Pantone will deem it out of style next year and it will be impossible find again. This happens in both clothes and home decor. At least you can usually find fun paint colors no matter the trend. Oh, AnnieDeighnaugh, I totally get what you're saying and I've actually used the term "homogenization of America" a lot to describe it. It makes me sad to go on roadtrips and enter town after town that look the same. Usually there is an older part of town that retains it's original charm but you have to seek it out to find it. Sorry I don't have anything profound to add. I am just so weary of neutrals. Heck, in the winter when everybody else is in brown, tans, greys or blacks, I'm using wearing my bright yellow trenchcoat or my bright orange raincoat. It's already gray and dreary in my local winter climate. I don't understand why people want to add to the dreariness. Anyway, my aversion to what are, to me, gloomy, bland color palettes just made me want to jump into the discussion. I agree with Marcolo that we're gonna die someday anyway so we might as well live while we're here and, for me, that means bright cheery colors, whether in vogue or not. And if someone doesn't like my decor, I hope they're coming to my home to see me and not to judge my decorating style.