I don't think all Jujube are created equally. I've also seen videos of folks just poking jujube cutting into a bucket of soil in the winter and had roots by spring. After digging deeper, it was Indian jujube. I've searched the literature and have not found anyone with a process that has good success rooting the varieties of jujube in the US from dormant or vegetative cuttings. It is obviously possible since I was apparently able to do it with Tigertooth, but it was 1 out of 20 or so. It also may be possible to air layer it. I know Tony is trying to air layer another hard to propagate via vegetative or dormant cuttings tree, American Persimmon. I think what I plan to do is roughly equivalent to air layering. Air layering keeps slow rooting scions loosely connected to the root system of the tree to support them long enough for roots to develop. That is essentially what I will be doing.

may_flowers and sprtphntc - I seldom buy either. I have been buying and looking at a few things lately. Both my mother and my MIL downsized this year and I got a few small pottery pieces from each of them. I wanted to display them but none of them really went together and so I was looking for other pieces to set them off so I was prowling consignment stores and antique stores. So much of it was pretty but not suitable, but when a piece "spoke" to me and I thought "yes, you will set off and add to my enjoyment of my great-grandmothers water pitcher", that's when I bought something. palimpset - exactly. I agree with you. I too prowl real estate listings (used to frighten my DH) but I don't want a new house. Appreciating things does not mean having to own them. mudhouse - oh I really like that imagery of "stocking the visual library in our minds". I'm going to use that line on my DH the next time a situation arises. Then watch him try to figure what I'm saying - he won't get it, poor guy. romy718 - Perhaps like your daughter, I just want to convey my joy in seeing something that I think is, for me, pretty. I don't expect the person that I'm with to agree with me because I do know that we all have different tastes and different definitions as to what is visually pleasing. I guess I just want them to see my joy in seeing something that I find to be pretty and I want to share that - not to buy but just to stop, take a minute and enjoy looking.. Oh, and to be clear that doesn't actually happen all that often. And kevinmark - you're right ,not every gorgeous accessory is meant to buy. I suspect that if one did that the joy of owning pretty things that one found joy in would somehow be diminished over time. For me anyway.

The long oval pan with the handle is a fish pan. As in sole meuniere (and this movie scene, lifted from Julia Child's auto-biography: LINK) The ones without handles and the small ones are gratins. The long oval ones can be used for vegetables (e.g. asparagus), gratins, fish and for finishing meats in the oven. The best copper for cooking is generally 2mm+, or generally the thickness of a nickel, or above. That's a handy way to check when you are shopping. No matter what, you had an excellent score. I too have too much cookware, include a lot of new and vintage copper. @ritaweeda -- it's easy to be afraid of tin. just remember -- always use medium heat or less, never anything above 400F, avoid preheating a pan without at least some oil in it (easy to forget it's on the stove) and never use metal utensils.

Your fireplace is far from standard, so if you are looking at home centers and such, you won't find anything that fits. You simply need one custom made. If you post a picture of your fireplace taken straight on showing the entire fireplace floor to ceiling I will be happy to show you several doors that will fit. I'd post a picture of your room as well so I can see the decor and choose appropriate styles. Or, just use this resource: FreeFireplace Door Design Service at Hansen Wholesale