I'm like Artemis I guess..I connect to a house-partially-through its owners.. Personality-even when very different than mine-doesn't scare me away, and doesn't prevent me from "seeing myself in the space", and all that. "Hate" is too strong a word probably..:) but I'm okay with homes that look like homes. Now the question was about the photos-I agree with everyone, blogs/magazines concentrate on details(not only, but details too) because the details are often most interesting to the readers..they read for inspiration, learning, and many other things. Buyers look at the listings with more practical intentions-they try to understand whether a house might work for them. So they are interested more in a layout, general feel, making sense of what a house is. Then if they come to see it-they'll look into details. Of course it won't hurt to put a couple more detailed pictures, if they're beautiful and you feel they enhance the impression from the listing, but most of them should be layout pics rather than "to scale pic" They don't let me to save photos on that website, but it is illustrating the difference very nicely:) "Layout sample" and "Sample to scale": http://www.tempaperdesigns.com/shop-tempaper/order-samples/chinoiserie-by-tempaper/chinoiserie-cg900s-sample.html

Hi robin98(NZ(9b)) thanks for your help! *I've had the plants for approximately 2 years. *I repotted them approximately 1-2 months ago. *Both were in terracotta pots, now just the larger one is. The smaller one is in a plastic pot now, there's been no change in either plant other than getting worse. *I water both when the top 2 inches are dry, I use my finger or a wood dowel to tell if the soil is damp, mainly my finger. If the top 2 inches are dry I water until soaked, with the water draining freely through the holes. I never let them sit in water for longer than maybe 30mins, after watering. *The build up was before I repotted, it looks like salt or water hardness. I removed them from those pots and placed them in fresh pots that had been disinfected prior to use. There's some build up since that time on the rim of the terracotta pot (can be seen slightly in photo below of the top of the pot) I'm still sad, but learning to cope with it! ;) Well, I'm trying to learn from this experience. Thank-you so much! I've included some newer photos, please feel free to ask more questions if necessary. I'm considering removing the large one from it's pot, to repot again, but into a smaller pot after I remove some roots. It smells from the top of the soil now, and although when I repotted previously there was no indication of rot I'm thinking this is either leaf disease of some type or root rot. I removed these leaves: Then this started: Here's a picture of the top of the pot: Thanks everyone in advance! Let's hope we can save these guys!

Thanks, Elmer . . . I tried both numbers. One has been disconnected, and there was no answer at the other one. It just rang and rang--not that I would have left a message anyway under these circumstances. I'll just mail the letter as planned, and if I get no response in a couple of weeks I'll try the working phone number again. Appreciate you getting the info.

This will be the third time I reply as Houzz has told me that there is an error on the site. REALLY!! I hadn't noticed. Try to take reds and purples roses late in the day. Morning sun tends to distort these colours. Better still, when there is no sunshine. You should be able to get with your camera at least three different reds in the rose. Nikon is known for getting clearer colours in the reds so that is why I selected a Nikon 90. All Nikons will be good with reds.Canon is a very good camera and even does fast photos better than a Nikon but my roses don't run away so I didn't need speed.