LOL , Eden . I was thinking the bra discussion may have scared our male posters away . Of course it shouldn't bother David , since he is a physician . Thanks on your good wishes , but at this point my Dr. isn't very much involved . Wow ...I got up with a doosey of a headache ! Am waiting for pain pills to ease it . Our phone company is installing a new underground cable . According to DH , the phone guy told him that it would improve our internet service ... we'll see. The line has arrived at our mailbox area , and is proceeding down the hill today ( if nothing bends or breaks ) . Marie , I hope I didn't sound insensitive to your loss . As I said , I have no problem accepting the death of elderly folk , no matter how close . I am more apt to rejoice if I know they have 'lived a good life ' ( sort of like what EP said ) . I hope my survivers don't grieve too deeply when I pass on . ( BTW , I like the name 'Vashti' . I know from whence it comes . ) RE : Merlot , we believe the 'fruit of the vine ' was unfermented . Now the wine that Paul told Timothy to take ," for his stomach's sake , and his many infirmities " , was surely fermented . Sorry about your DS concerns . It sounds as though he has a very busy , and interesting , life . Good to hear that your DH is on his way home . Thanks for the St. John's Wort link , EP . It is a good one . I have bookmarked it . Mmmmm , I'd like to sample your cotlets ! If you have noticed that I am jumping around with my follow-ups , it's because I am just scrolling back and forth , and not taking notes . I'm afraid I keep missing things I want to respond to . Brrrrr , Cynthia . I hope you donned plenty of warm clothing after your shower , with the indoor temp only mid 50s ! Does the sun help warm your house ? It does ours . We have lots of windows on the sunny sides . LOL , shouldn't that be 'Westing wabbit near the gwapes " ? Chelone , if your bean recipe is anything like the famous green beans and onion rings recipe , I'll pass . YUK ! MY sis loves it . She can have my part ... lol . Deanne , I'm happy you have found a nice dress . I hope I didn't offend you with my post . I just don't have that much interest in clothing . I guess I'm fortunate that I live in a country atmosphere . I don't want you all thinking everyone around here are 'country bumpkins ' . There are lots of 'high-toned ' ladies . I'm just not one of them , and I am never involved in activities that require fancy dresses . I do think the dress you found sounds lovely , and I do want to see a pic of you wearing it . LOL , on the 'dope slap ' for Nolon . He hasn't a clue ! Congrats , Martie , on your pic posting success . You are a fast learner . Guess I need to get out and do some walking . I don't want to go up the road while the work crew is there , so will walk around and around our yard . That in it'sself can cover a bit of territory . Marian

My neighbors have a whole tub of it planted and growing already. Theirs is in a fairly sheltered spot, but leafy and getting ready for the salad bowl. Nice to hear about your bulbs, I finally figured out that mine need good fertilizer after blooming and as much sun as is possible, and now I've got a pretty good show of daffs and hyacinths (crocuses are done) with Lilies showing their crowns too. Volunteer seedlings already showing from celandine, dicentra eximia, montauk daisy, and thousands of shiso.

I have used several different types of batting but for hand quilting wool is the nicest to use. I ditto all that has been said about wool as it is my favorite but a little pricey. I am not a fan of warm and natural but think I am in the minority. I find quilters dream has a nice offering of batting, I like the 80/20 for machine quilting. I had used Hobbs 80/20 for several but find the more recent one's I used were terribly out of shape when unrolled. For quilts for children that are often washed I use polyester batting as it is light wt. and washes well and dries fast. I haven't used just cotton but do have one in my stash that I will use on one sometime soon but concerned about the shrinkage.

Shelby, that looks very healthy to me! I planted mine at the end of February so they've had a bit longer in the ground. Other than being a little bit taller than yours they look pretty much on par. My first flush ended about two weeks ago. Once the flowers were dropping petals I clipped the spent blooms about one or two 5-leaflets down and I'm getting a bunch of new growth from those areas. Currently have about 10 buds that will probably open up in the next week or two. If you haven't fertilized yet I would definitely suggest that you do so. I used Jobe's Organic Rose Food. First round of fertilizing was done Mother's Day Weekend and the second one was about a month later. They definitely seem to respond well to a good shot of food. Good luck, keep up the great work and enjoy those beautiful blooms!