Nice Pics! Love those closeup. I went crazy last year when I discovered my camera had a macro button. hehe they are so much fun. The close up of Absolute Treasure is beautiful and I love the delicate ruffling on Waiting for Peace. Andrea

Thanks, Sharon, I did a quick "google" and found that there are some varieties that even grow here in my zone 5. Right now, the only things that are blooming here are daffodils: Tulips: Some very early and very small bleeding heart: And the first of the flowering almond blossoms, there are about a dozen on the tree right now, another week or so it'll be full: the crocus are gone and the hyacinth and lily of the valley aren't here yet, but they'll be ready in a couple of weeks. After that, the lilacs. Funny how I have only spring flowers in my yard, nothing in bloom after about June, when the iris finish up. Annie

After creating and saving a Viking Rose file (HUS) which has positions 1,2, & 3 on a 5 x 7 hoop, I transfer it to an Ultimate card. When sewing it out, positions 2 & 3 are always mis-aligned. I have a Vista operating system. I do my customising in VIP Customising (HUS) and Embird32 2010. It makes no difference from which program I save the design, it never stiches out in the proper position (2 & 3) of my 5 x 7 lapped hoop. When I used to have Windows XP and a Viking card reader box, it always worked right. The new computer does not have the old 25 pin hookup, so I cold not use the old box. Is there an adapter which will switch a 25 pin to a USB that will work, or does the Ultimate Box have a fix for this? The Ultimate Box sure does not work!!

I posted this at the Electronics Forum, where I'd been asking about card readers, batteries, & such. Thought I'd post it here too. :) My card reader arrived today, which I was so surprised at, and it was SO easy and fast! I had my pics downloaded, sorted, sized, and uploaded to my website all in about 15 minutes. :))) I love this thing!! My batteries have lasted into the night this time, let's see how soon I have to charge again. I will be getting a bigger-rated set at the end of the week when I go shopping next. Here is a link to my very first set of digital pics, if anyone would care to see them...I took shots of various subjects in various situations, to test out different settings...also, I have resized most of these for purposes of web-viewing. The originals were enormous. Here is a link that might be useful: Amy's 1st set of digital pics with Fuji Fine Pix S5100