Good for you Julie! One of the former Idyll menbers walked me through posting. She preferred Picture Trail, and it is the one I still use. That is a great pic of your doggy. I look forward to pics of your garden. Marian

Jimmy, my roses are anywhere from 1yr to 18yrs old. The DA's mostly between 1 and 12 tho. I do have some roses still in pots. But the DA's are all in the ground. Harold, I just got my catalog too. I didn't order from them the last couple yrs, so I was surprised to get one. I like that new one YOUNG LYCIDAS. Looks very interesting! Thank you Jim! Masha, you really need SUMMER SONG!! It's a great rose. I love it! Bustopher, SUMMER SONG is a first-season rose for me. It did really well. Rebloomed a couple times, and it grows kinda like a climber (like many of the DA's). I think you'll like it. THE SHEPHERDESS is a couple yrs old, and she's not in a very good location, so she didn't do so hot. I seriously need to add some mulch and stuff to the bed where she's planted. Not many of the roses there do all that great. I got the pneumonia shot several yrs ago. I've had pneumonia a couple other times in my life; first time in junior high and the last time seems like was waaay over 10 yrs ago. I have asthma, so I'm always susceptible to lung infections and pneumonia. This flu I had last week, they say is the Swine Flu. They don't test for it anymore unless you're hospitalized. But it's supposed to be it. I've also had "influenza" a few times in the last 10-15 yrs and never have I had it so bad as this time! The fevers and horrific body aches lasted almost 4 days; with the coughing and congestion still continuing on til now (and into my left lung). It has not been fun! Everybody take care of yourself!! You don't want to get this crap!!

hmm - Ivory has a very subtle, but distinct 'grain' to it, much like wood - something these pics are not close enough to show, however. it's also very pale, and shows no patination. as to the burn test - ivory does not melt, but it does smell a bit like burning hair. oh the other hand, good faux-ivory work nothing to be sneered at - and it is a nice piece : )

Well he is coming in a half hour! I picked smokehouse for the door. The darker of the two and the trim in the virtual taupe. (one shade up lighter). We are going on vacay next week and we are going to do the shutters ourselves when we return. He quoted just the other painting and has several other jobs and said he could come back in October. Once I get this done I want to post pics and then revisit the shutters. Maybe navy will work with the darker door/lighter trim etc.? I will post and maybe someone can PS them on. I was also think a super deep red. We are going to be adding some landscape boulders along the edges of the landscape and I wanted to see how that looked too. I was worried about the garage door paint and I opened it and painted a strip on the garage door. It matches the siding. It is a high gloss enamel for the garage door, it seems WAY lighter than the color swatch though. Kind of good since I was thinking it was too yellow. Does high gloss normally look lighter???