Thanks Carla, I'm able to get on now if I type in gardenweb.com. It brings me into the gardenweb site, and then I can click on garden forums to get to all the rose forums. It's not as nice as before, when I could type in gardenweb.com/forums, but it works. I haven't checked today to see if I can get into searching the old threads yet, but I did see yesterday that the gardenweb put up a notice that they were working on that issue. Roselvr, we use comcast. I had a lot of trouble initially getting on this site, but as noted above, since I changed my method of logging on, it's been O.K. I'm glad, as I'll have some questions to post, I'm sure, before too long. I've been really ill for the past month, so I've only been dabbling here and there. Sandy

If you look in the upper right corner of the page, you see your user name, the link to "Your Profile" and logout. Click on the link to Your Profile and that's where you can edit everything. At the bottom of the screen is a yellowish save button. If it sees issues, it will point them out in red. Then you have to make your changes again and try saving again. Most of the visual changes have occurred in the last week or two.

Just finished you tour of Burgards. I figured no one posted here so I would. The flowers are just beautiful. Yes, angle shot does make a difference. Thank you for sharing your pictures!

DebraK2008, they do ask! And I do help. It'll happen to you too. There's a difference between real people and GWers to keep in mind. Like the one who regularly uses a 16" wok, but wasn't interested in a powerful stove. :) Don't argue. Present the info so they're educated and walk away. Renov8r, you know best what the manners and mores are amongst the people you know, and whether "appearing critical" will cause strife and upset. OTOH, when people ask, they usually want an answer. Most people IRL, when they ask, don't want a full on critique, so choose the thing that is most out of whack and be gentle about it. "Don't you think it would make things a lot easier if you didn't have to walk around the island to get between the fridge and the sink? Have you thought of moving the sink here, or putting in a prep sink there?" Questions often go down better than statements, and explanations are easier to swallow than the shorthand we use, like "barrier island". So I just saw (don't know what show it was) the most inconvenient kitchen ever. It was a very wide, very long corridor kitchen, with a very high ceiling (20 ft.? more?), probably real rather than a set, with a tall window wall down one side, slate floors, and what looked like zinc or pewter and marble counters. It looked very much like what's currently in at the high end, but it would have been far better as a garden room or something like that. The windows were great for light and aesthetics, but zip on storage, and the main part of the kitchen only had tables and workbenches, like a very prettied up version of a commercial kitchen. The pantry and refrigeration were way far away, and I don't even know where the utensils were stored. The pots were on the single shelves underneath and some pans were hanging. Great place for dressing whole hogs, but each cook would have to carry his own knives and whatnot around with him. Massive range though. :) By eye, I'd guess eight feet long. It was like the kitchen was made for the jolly green giant!