Shiva wrote:

More and more you sound like me, with your roses. What I love is that
there is no price to pay for cutting--you just get more roses!

I love to be rewarded like that. I'm hoping that I have enough roses
this year to achieve critical mass - when I'm ready to "toss" the roses
in the house, I have more waiting to be cut.

They don't crush, you prop the lid up. I'll post a few. If you are taking
photos, though, you don't need to scan them. I just don't have the time to
take pictures and develop the film, and I have no digital camera, so I
have scanned them because it is fast and sometimes pretty in its own way

I'll have to play with that when I have some in bloom. Do you use
fabric or any kind of paper to provide a background/contrast to the rose
when scanned? I know I could probably also add it via photoshop but
sometimes it's easier just to have it ther ein the first place.

Oh my, I can just see the s.o. now. Two 35 mm cameras, a digital
camera and she's scanning flowers directly on the scanner bed. *grin*

My favourite cut flower from a store are
alstroemeria lilies. However, since I also have an entire bed devoted
to them that should be coming into flower this year, the s.o. may have
to come up with something else...

Is this the same as a Peruvian Lily??

Yep. I have an entire bed devoted to them outside my kitchen windows.
I bought them from two different sources. One source, sent them as
tubers. I put the tubers in last spring and have just seen growth from
them this spring. (Fortunately I was warned that this might happen.)
The other source sent potted plants which I put in last fall. Bed has
some white asiatic lilies (can't remember what they are which is why I
have plant tags with their names on it in the bed), star gazer lilies
and baby's breath for accent with a row of freesia in the front.

Homegoods? What is that? Can there be some retail I've missed? G

It's in the shopping center right where I540 and 70 meet. Also in the
shopping center is Dick's Sporting Goods, Petsmart, Michael's, Bob
Evan's Restaurant, BJs Wholesale and a bunch of other stores. I'm there
frequently because I live about 10 minutes away from there.

Homegoods is a part of the TJ Maxx chain (there's also a TJ Maxx next
door) and specializes in just home decor type stuff at great prices. I
love the store and I love my TJX master card which sends me a $10 gift
certificate (redeemable at TJ Maxx, Homegoods, and a few other stores)
for every $1000 spent.

Susan
s h simko at duke dot edu