As you know, my first HSTs did not come out so well. So this time I cut the squares a little bigger and that worked just fine. However, I didn't really look at the directions since I had done it once, and forgot that you need to mix up the squares. I put the one beige with all of one print and the other beige with all of the other prints. So I couldn't lay it out as designed. So I did what I could, instead of starting over. It is square, it's just the pic. And the second one, which is also square. I did this one correctly. :)

naturegirl - thanks! but a lot of times all the data can be overwhelming and can get me into analysis paralysis! Being an engineer by profession I feel its my diligence to at least produce some chart or graph or data table that at least pretends to show me some sort of useful data. Its taking the data and then turning it into something useful thats the real skill. By the time I am ready to make that step on a project usually some other bright shiny object rolls by and I'm 'on to the next one'! In a lot of ways, I could have just walked out into the hoophouse and said "yep, that water's frozen!" and gotten the same results as what I have now lol!

Euphorbia milli never stops flowering, so I always feel like a cheater when I mention it.. Kalanchoe farinacea was seriously etiolated last year, so I cut off 3 cuttings, 2 of which are flowering. Kalanchoe blossfeldiana has been going on for 3rd month already.. And the last is my beautifullay smelling orchid Dendrobium nobile cutting 3 years old that is flowering for the first time. When I received 3 cuttings, I had no expectations, or knew about smell, but here I am 3 years later with 3 blooming pots..

Our weather has officially jumped the shark and it now is 79 degrees here. It is starting to feel summery out there, at least to a person used to temperatures in the 50s at this time of the year. I'd estimate we now are 25 degrees above average for this time of the year. The spring beauties are breaking out in bloom everywhere this afternoon---even more than this morning. The henbit is blooming. I have been indoors for 15 minutes and, when I go back outdoors, I may find something else blooming. It is happening that quickly today. dbarron, Those are such cheerful little yellow blooms! It sounds like your place is popping into bloom quickly now just like ours. It is a shame the cold is coming back. Megan, I noticed y'all are a bit cooler than we are. I think if y'all were hitting 79 degrees this afternoon, everything would be going bonkers there like it is here. I am seeing new TX bluebonnet plants popping up out of the ground today, joining older ones that sprouted in December or January. Luckily, they are in a pasture and the taller grasses should shield them from the temperatures in the 20s late in the week. I love early blooms, but not if it means a return to colder weather will freeze them. We had a large gallynipper mosquito in the house last night. It flew in the back door when Tim let the dogs out. So did some moths. All we need now is a wasp or yellow jacket buzzing around and it will feel like winter has left us, though I know it has not. I am seeing something new blooming (mostly in the weed/wildflower category) every few hours today. It is wonderful and strange all at the same time. At the rate things are happening, the purple martin scout birds should appear any day now---because they usually show up around the same time the Spring Beauties bloom here, and I know they've been making their way north through Texas for a while now. They cannot be too far away. I am concerned this heat is going to push the asparagus to pop up out of the ground early. I haven't checked that bed today. Maybe I should. I put a thicker layer of mulch on it last year hoping to prevent it from emerging too soon, but that's likely not going to be enough once the temperatures are in the upper 70s like they are today. Dawn