Dear All, It pleases me when our group spontaneously creates their own topic of the week which they have recently when Mary Wise's question generated such a lot of discussion. But it does leave me wondering if I should postpone the topic I had planned to slow down on traffic. Perhaps people can comment on this. Since this seems to be a very busy time of the year some of the topics I have planned do not require much of an introduction and that is giving some of those people who have offered to provide introductions for me a bit of breathing room. Here is what I have planned for the rest of the month. December 9th--Favorite Books December 15th--Digital Photography of flowers--John Lonsdale is going to lead the discussion December 23rd--Favorite URLS--If this one proves popular enough to continue through the holidays it will and other wise I'll start us off on a pick of mine, Triteleia, the following week. Mary Sue