Dear Shmuel, Thank you for asking how we are in Europe! Well.... I cannot speak for Europe, only for my area in Northern Germany. We had a desastrous flooding in summer, the water took a long time to disappear and some specialists said that the long term damage to treens might only be visible next year or even later. Myself I was spared. No flooding at the moment here. Recently we had a gale that did a lot of damage all over Germany and Europe, even many deaths. Myself I was spared as well except broken pots. Every pot that could fall over did so. The gale gave the garden an autumn finish.... Nerine bowdenii two different forms are in bloom in the garden inspite of the weather and setting fat seed. So far the weather has been frost-free so that many of my tuberous and bulbous plants are still out in the garden going dormant slowly. I prefer to let them go dormant in their own pace rather than stop them brutally by frost or chopping everything off. Corms, bulbs and tubers are much fatter since I do that. It involves a lot of extra work because pots have to be moved out of the rain. Especially Gesneriads like to go dormant slowly, so my greenhouse and some rooms of the house are full of miserable looking plants about to go dormant..... not the best time of the year.... but promises for next summer lurk in the pots. Greetings from Germany, Uli