Sue is sweet thinking of us Colonials and Brits - noticed the 2 spellings right away!
And, dear Helen, your layout is awesome - as usual!
the blending, the colours!

Well this is one of my 'favourites' too! the page I mean, still waffling on the iPad.

You're totally welcome my dear friend!

I do think it was when I met you that I realized there was
a need to accomodate my aussie/european friends with such
little details as adding a lettering for different spellings!

I have the colornook and I agree that the kindle and ebooks
have just radically helped us who LOVE reading! It's one of my
favourite/favorite things too!

Love your choices of elements and paint splashes on your layout!