thank you Pam, I've lived in Michigan all my life. We moved up here in the thumb area 15 yrs. ago. we retired and moved up here permently. We were originally from Lake Orion, and I lived in a tiny little berg before I married my husband. so, I'm used to small town liviing. we live in a tiny fishing village 5 miles east of Port Austin, I still consider Lake Orion as my home town with Davisburg as my second choice to live. It is very lonely up here in the winter but it's not bad in the summer. I think I've done ok in quilting, but there are some things I don't understand. Thus, this web site. thanks again, Marilyn