Good Morning Bright! and thanks for the wonderful compliments! I'm sorry, I haven't been reading my mail, and my mail box is full, so I didn't get it. But, I print images out on cardstock, or plain old white paper, sometimes tracing paper, it looks so unique like that, wings especially. Yes, the ink will smear, I don't know how to make better quality prints. Oh, sometimes I print on photo paper,too,and vellum because I bought a stack at a yard sale for a dime. but I try to get the mod podge on it quickly with as few strokes as possible. Once you get the first coat on it's not bad. I set my printer to plain paper. If I cover it in mod podge I add glitter last otherwise it dulls it...

Jlc, you're stunning dear. Your hair is faboo… Like the others, it's not at all what I expected. I have seriously curly hair, and wear it just past my shoulders with very long layers. Any other cut would be treacherous on a humid day. I'm a bit older than you, and that style works for me. I have had too many bad haircuts to worry about if I'm too old for what works best. I color it because I don't feel old enough to be all grey. Maybe one day I'll move to a silver bob, but probably not for another decade or so… Ellendi and BBee3 mentioned Keratin. I tried about 5 different professional Keratin treatments, and there is a wide range of results. Some are poker straight, others hardly any difference. I like the one that just makes the curls "drop" a little, and still take a curling iron if I want more "boing." There are temporary 30 day treatments, others last about 6 months. The 30 day doesn't make a huge difference, but it will make blow drying time shorter. It's a nice entree into the keratin products, and maintains the flat iron even on rainy days. I remember when Laurie Partridge and Marsha Brady hair was the style. After one of the Keratin treatments where my hair wouldn't hold a curl, I was cured of wishing for that. I'm accustomed to big hair, and it's just not me in pin straight. You rock those curls Jlc! Here is another great Dove Campaign: Dove Curly Hair Campaign

As usual,Jo, your hosta look so happy and healthy. I see so many of your's that I don't gave but I refrain from even going shopping anywhere on the internet or in the local nurseries or more lawns may go missing and my back just won't take it anymore Wish you lived closer and we could do a coffee morning daily. Love the wet look and big drops on the leaves. Thanks bunches for sharing

@roarah yes its shocking how expensive slate is. We almost bid on another house that was larger and needed a full replacement or a slate roof. It was historically important to the county and like had to be replaced with like. over 100k. Plus the house needed renovation and new heating and cooling. It just wasn't practical for us. That house went under contract in February and us still pending. I am sure there are many lender required repairs. I was sad to walk away from it....huge native stone sprawler built in 1808. But this one came along looking like a dollhouse i had as a child. its a teade cost wise for our current place. We are very excited.