I've been looking up some info on New Dawns as I am considering getting one as well. They look like they can get HUGE. http://www.southampton-rose-society.org/images/2007/gtfr/dsc_0273.jpg I think it could eventually make it up your chimney, but I'm not so sure about it being able to vertically grow as there doesn't seem much to support the rose vertically. I would assume if it was that large it would just flop over as it has nothing to really grow up. I really don't know of any real ways you could peg it up as it grows to a chimney and you could always build a trellis outlining the chimney structure, but I'm assuming you want to keep the clean look of the chimney with just the rose with it. That's a toughy.

Kentucky 8b, I think I would like to make a minor correction on your previous statement; You said, "The photo is way better than anything I could take." I think Zitro Joe, Joan Mn & Alisande would agree with me that the photo above may be better than what you can take now, but the fact that the photo was taken by a 6yr old proves that with proper training anyone can aspire beyond the realm of point & shoot, or more aptly "Point & Hope" Far too often we see ppl who come into the forum asking what camera they should buy, and suffering under the strange delusion that if they had a professional camera it would in some way insure they would always make professional quality photo's, but alas, nothing could be futher from the truth. No matter what camera or lens combination one has, if all they do is set the camera in an auto exposure mode, it is still nothing more than a point & shoot camera. On the other hand, a trained photographer understands that the camera & lens are merely tools, and yes, we strive to have the best quality tools we can afford, but if we were hard pressed to do it, I personally have yet to see a photo taken with digital that we could not have made with a totally manual camera film camera 50 years ago. I doubt if Ansel Adams ever had an opportunity to hold a digital camera, but he still remains perhaps one of the greatest "Master Photographers" of all time. The real key to successful photography is when you reach the point that you no longer look through the viewfinder to see what you can shoot but rather when you understand the working mechanics of your camera to the point that you can see an image in your minds eye, and you know how to set up the camera to capture that image. As Alisand pointed out, she learned exposure control at ten yrs old, but didn't learn Depth of Field until ten years later...If anyone aspires to become a good photographer I can tell you first hand it will take weeks, months and even years of self study & practice and during that time you will make thousands of mistakes but if you can hang in there and use those mistakes as learning tools you will be amazed at how much fun you can have in this hobby, and who knows, you may even be a highly recognized pro someday. The key is to just keep learning and having fun.

LOL I especially like the look on her face, sort of a "what?" appearance. I can't help but wonder if she had forethought when she drew the mouth like that. She often has her hair crossing her eye (drives her teachers nutz) but she won't wear baretts or anything... doesn't seem to bug her.

Hey Ingrid. I actually like the new Houzz format and it’s working really well for me. Let me see if I can help a bit with a few things I noticed. I think what you’re describing about the jumbled topics is that you are seeing a list of topics that are listed in order of recent posts. You only see that if you click on a certain thing... maybe “Garden Topics” or something like that? I also noticed that if you go to the main menu, then “Advice” and “Gardenweb Discussions” you can see all the recent discussions on any topics you follow. I like that! For instance, I follow... ...Since that’s what I’m interested in. It’s nice to see posts all in one place from all the forums I’m interested in. It is marked next to the title to show the forum the post is from and the person who posted it. I like being able to quickly see what forum it is about and what type of post it is. I haven’t used the mobile app yet through, so I don’t know if that is different. I use my iPhone or iPad, but just get to it from the internet browser (safari) instead of using the mobile app. This is what it looks like for me when I go to the page where all my interests show... You can edit the topics you’re following, and that will personalize what shows up for you. So if you want to follow only Antique Roses, just check that one topic only. If you want to see posts from others, check those too. I grow lots of different things together, so I like that I can post to Antique Roses, Roses and Organic Roses all at once if I want. It can bring people together that may otherwise have just stayed at one forum. Or I can post to California Gardening, Antique Roses and Roses, etc. Their comments can be seen at all, again bringing people together. Before, if I wanted to do that I would have to post separately in each topic and that wasn’t as community friendly, so I usually just didn’t. I picked one place and posted it there, so if people didn’t check there they would miss out. This way lots of different people can see or learn. It is a changed format, but I like it. I have had no problem posting photos, searching, editing comments, etc. I can totally understand how that’s frustrating, I just haven’t experienced it. For me, when I load photos they show up with muted colors now until they’re fully loaded (they used to show up as a spinning green wheel). It seems to take about the same amount of time to load photos as before for me. It may be faster to load them in subsequent posts instead of the original post though. As long as I wait until they’re no longer muted color (meaning fully loaded), I haven’t had any problem posting them. I hope this helps people! I enjoy all of your photos and comments so much!