FlowerLady, I hope you whispered that word "hurricanes"! Shh. Misti, I read your question about the Mall, so I got on my bike and took a couple of shots of it. Here's a close-up showing the Chokoloskee Mall sign...it even looks tongue-in-cheek..... The other end of the building is the post office. It's kind of a "time stood still" place. When I'm not too busy, I go there to pull weeds from the gardens and catch up on all the goings-on. Yes, the epi plants are growing out of the bike basket. They seem to be living quite happily on that birdcage; the ones in the bike look like someone plucked all the blooms off, but here's a pic from a different angle. This is around the side where they have an outside dining room. Since I have already high-jacked this thread *sorry!* I'm gonna show ya where I get to work this month, painting this orange house, so you can see that even though it's working in the HEAT, it's really, really cool! Here's a better shot of the Chokoloskee Bay...the view from my "office" window! No, this is NOT my house (wish it was) and I did NOT pick the color. So now I'm going out to play in the dirt in my container gardens and get a little sweaty. See ya - Susie

Scratch B Gone will do the job no problem, but you will need to to the full width of the front plate rail.

We have a 4mth old puppy (Foodle). We both work 1hr from home and cannot come home to attend to Burt during the day. He is has full run of our garage which is an internal access garage, fully insulted (we live in New Zealand) and has all his toys, bed, water etc to keep him occupied and safe. We have a young girl who comes by twice a day to take him outside for walks and to feed him his lunch (he's still getting fed 3x times a day). She does this 3 days a week and the other 2 days he goes to doggie day care (which is loves so much he never wants to leave!). We also have a webcam in our garage which provides live streaming, so we can see him. I can assure everyone that most of the time he either plays with his toys or sleeps. We believe we have done the very best for our wee pup to ensure that he is not cooped up all day and that he gets good socialisation with other dogs, and because of this he is the most well behaved, adorable, loving family member. We would love to spend all day with him if we could, but we think we have provided the best arrangement for him and us. I would recommend for those that worry about your dog being stuck home all day, to invest in someone to drop around at least once a day to walk and play with him/her. A small amount of $$ to give you peace of mind and for your doggo to have some outside play time, is worth it.

Beverly, great idea, tea-dying--thank you! I bought quite a few fabrics but not large amount of any one just because I do like the scrappy look. I will try tea-dying one of the "offending" blocks I have already made--if it mutes the reds and blues a little more it shouldn't hurt anything. Thanks again!