Our master bath overlooks a lake, there's no one out there or on the other shoreline. Total privacy. Still, we installed what justjulie is recommending, a top-down-bottom-up shade. I forget who made it...maybe hunter-douglas? But it's one of those pleated/honeycomb things, so when it's covering the window it also affords a little bit of insulative value. I'd say 95% of the time we have it covering the bottom half or so of the window. Natural light still comes in through the top, we still have a view through the top, and if someone was outside, modesty can still be assured with the bottom being covered. With a window over the tub, you'll probably need tempered glass, so if you did want to go decorative you might need an applied film instead of the glass itself being obscured.

natesgram--they are giving me $100 towards the installation. We are going to do it ourselves,(along with a friend who has done tiling professinally). The whole kitchen is a DY--why stop now? They are notsupplying the grout--just the tile. cocontom--that's what I was thinking. And it's not like I needed to give a cc to ship the samples. If they are icky, then I'm calling it off. corgimums photoshop pictures are great. But I realized last night that the tiles are a bit big in the photoshop pictures. The tile is 6.5" tall, so there should be about 6 arabesques between the counter and the cabinet. I hope this doesn't look too busy IRL. Well, I think that the picture I showed above is for one tile, I can sort of see the edges in the corners. Originally I thought each arabesque was a tile, but I went back and can't see any seams. I guess I'll know soon--I hope my samples come tomorrow

I found this site by accident, looking up the spelling of Andre Gromeko's name---what a pleasure! My two cents are: Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter? Not if you 've read the books, I say. I don't think Daniel gets even close to the character that Rowling conceived. Nor does the child who plays Hermione. The Ron Weasley actor, though, I think is the best of the three. Someone from England asked if we Americans notice the accent issues in movies. Remember Meryl Streep and Robert Redford in Out of Africa? Streep, as usual with her wonderful ear for accents, maintained her British personna throughout. Redford, on the other hand, started out with a semblance of an accent, but this deteriorated quickly until he just seemed to sort of give up, and just spoke pure American. If you want to hear an amazing accent, watch Tommorow, a movie starring Robert Duvall. He takes on a backwoods accent and voice that are just astonishing. I agree with those who say that watching the movie after reading the book can be disappointing. Now and then, there are some movie makers who captured the real nature and tone and voice of the book, and even if they have to cut a lot, it doesn't lose the feel of the book. One such, I think, was Prince of Tides. The movie left out probably 2/3s of the book, and Barbra Streisand, with her self-beloved long fingernails, wasn't the ideal psychiatrist. But nevertheless, the movie, i thought, captured the tone of the book very well. I agree that Glenda JAckson was one of the best Queen Elizabehts, and that Maggie Smith absolutely is Miss Brodie. Also that Richard Harris was a wonderful Professor Dumbledore, while Michael Gambon--who is a terrific actor; see The Singing Detective and The Butcher, the Thief, His Wife and her Lover--is just not the kindly, deep, thoughtful Dumbledore at all. Another case of one wondering What the Director Was Thinking.

my quandary was.. and always will be... how do you know which ones to cut off ... what if you cut off the only ones that will end up viable ... and the rest die ... and on that basis ... i was usually paralyzed into taking no action ... until i was convinced the plant was fully re established ... and it really didnt matter ... i fully expect some serious problems with die back ... and browning .. transplant damage ..... etc ... and you should too ... dont go all ballistic with what you see in spring .. or summer next year ... it will just be the evolution of what you did to it ... and it wasnt done by peeps with experience ... complete proper... deep watering.. and near drying in between such ..... will be the key ... see link above ... for two or three years ... if you save and regrow the roots ... the plant will survive ... and to be sure.. there will be odds... that it will end up looking like something completely different.. so be it ... if you have questions and concerns next year.. we will need pix ... ken