Love, love, love Blue Mountains and Snow Crystal. I was able to view your pictures earlier, but for some reason I was not able to sign onto GW to post a response. Great photography. Thanks, Dot Ann

Ginny, the main water mine got came from the hose...we had a very drought-ridden summer. Time after time it rained all around us and we were dry. I did water, though. Jean, I fertilized in the springtime before they bloomed, mostly with organic type enrichments like alfalfa and fish emulsion. I gave them some fish emulsion in August, I think it was...they were at the end of blooms then, I thought, and I wanted to give a little back to the soil more than the plants...they have had no actual fertilizer since early spring. Just a fluke of nature. Debra, I have never had re-blooms in October before...I am enjoying it. SC Behavior Patterns had one spent bloom on it when I noticed the one in the picture blooming. Nancy, I have been spoiled by all the rebloom...it will probably never happen again, but I have enjoyed it. Post some pictures. We are all desperate for bloom pics. kay

Rosa, The original yellow & blue is called Striped Stars and is from the book 101 made-to-fit quilts for your home. I kept all of the left over parts in a ziplock back and knew I needed to use them. I had to supplement the yellow with other from my stash to finish it. Kiendu, yes, I am doing the FMQ on my machine. I have a Pfaff 7570. I can't do a large pattern, but to meander is okay. It does take practice and I have take one class. I usually manage to tug all of my quilts - up to queen size - through this machine. I have only sent one quilt out to a long arm quilter. I am working on another one from a "baggie" full of triangles left over but it will probably need to go to a nursing home - the colors don't really look like kids. Sue

Hi Anne! Yes, it's very real. We went and chopped it down earlier this week. It is a 91/2 foot Noble Fir. Very pretty! That wasn't a trick! LOL I wanted to get a pic with the lights and I dont' have a tripod, and the lense had to be open longer because it's dark LOL it's just shaky hands!