here's a formula that works fine; omit the two a's that I inserted , and leave no space ( if I don't break up the formula, the formula shows up a question mark ?) so it should be then "your picture url pasted here" then > as for the url you use, if you right click on your picture, you should get a drop down menu that gives you the option "open in another window", that would be the url to copy and paste. try practicing in the Test forum and see if this works. Here is a link that might be useful: Test forum to practice at

Oh my goodness!! That is a fabulous quilt!! You should go over to the Garden Quiling Forum and show it off. You did such a great job. And thanks so much for the BLOG. I am a newbie quilter and I'm collecting quiling BLOGs because you can learn so much from them...plus each one becomes a friend who is always there to help if you have a problem. I love the pictures of your cats too. They gave it the true test, it's ready for the world now. Congratulations on a job BETTER than well done!!! Keep on quilting girl! Susan

Oh my....I haven't seen those in a long long time... So many of those familiar names that don't post anymore...where did we loose them to...? There were some names I really miss seeing their posts... I miss Mike who used to come to chat...anyone hear from him? Is he the Mike that is someones son from KT...like maybe Joan's Down at the bottom of the of that link that Mikey posted was a link to the old KTT...I remember spending a few months there when KT went to pay...but I didn't last long before I paid to play...and glad I did. patti

KW, your photos are really terrific! They do show off your lovely garden. Your ID on June and Halcyon is spot on. I had part of a large June revert, so I separated it out and planted the Halcyon in a new spot. A couple of years later, I noticed one of the Halcyon eyes was coming up as June…..go figure—- a reversion of a reversion?? Lol…… If you want to learn the interesting background of Halcyon and how it became the parent of many, many blue hostas, check out this old post. The lineage of Halcyon djacob Z5b SE WI2 years agolast modified: 2 years ago I was able to go back to link, which still works in the original post in my post: Discovering new Relationships. Ken is the one that sent this info to me. “The “Longiana” Story (Solberg 2009) Way back in the fall of 1961 Eric Smith took some pollen from a late, reblooming plant of H. sieboldiana and crossed it on to the first flowers of a H. ‘Tardiflora’ scape. He had to finish ripening the seeds inside in a solution of sugar and water. He was able to germinate about 30 seeds of which 14 were blue. The result was his famous group of “Tardianas”, of which ‘Halcyon’ was the first introduced from this historic cross in 1974. He was never able to set seed on ‘Tardiflora’ again. (The Hosta JournalVol. 13, page 18.) He was able to cross this first generation (F1) with itself and produce a second generation (F2) of very blue hostas with variable leaf shapes. ‘Blue Wedgwood’, ‘Blue Dimples’, ‘Hadspen Blue’ and ‘Blue Moon’ are some of the most widely grown. Eric Smith was able to achieve his goal of producing small, heavily substanced, blue hostas for the very small garden. As a group of maybe 30 in number or more, (they have become collector’s items now and many have been named after the fact), “Tardianas” are all small to medium size plants with at least some white wax so that they appear blue in color. They have good substance and a sort of stiffness and sturdiness to their personality. Their clumps are usually pretty tight with dense foliage. They are almost the perfect hostas, (you certainly could argue that ‘Halcyon’ is), although some of the second generation seedlings are very slow growing, like ‘Blue Moon’. Being a student of hosta history and a great admirer of the insight of Eric Smith, when the rare opportunity of a reblooming H. sieboldana presented itself to me in 1997, instead of repeating Eric Smith’s cross, I decided to use ‘One Man’s Treasure’ as the second parent. ‘One Man’s Treasure’ is a seedling of H. longipes hypoglauca and for all intents and purposes a form of the species, H. longipes. My new hostas were to be “Longianas”. I expected them to be blue, larger and more vigorous than the “Tardianas”, and well suited to all growing conditions. I recovered 15 seeds from that cross and five seedlings made it to maturity. There was not a ‘Halcyon’ in that group, all were mediocre plants brimming with genetic potential. In 2001, hundreds of second generation seeds were taken from the F1 seedlings and germinated. Several hundred seedlings were then culled, first for the best blue color, and second for interesting leaf shapes, and soon there were only 25. In 2010, 13 years later, I am introducing four of my second generation “Longiana” seedlings. They are a very special group of hostas, a new genetic combination, not of the historic proportions of the “Tardianas” by far, but a new line of breeding for all hosta hybridizers to incorporate into their seedling programs. All four are vigorous growing medium to large hostas with good color and distinct leaf shapes. They have good substance but lack the stiffness of the “Tardianas” and are more interesting to the eye. While none may ever rival ‘Halcyon’, ‘Summer Squall’ and ‘Sun Shower’ are great hostas.” debra