Welcome to Gardenweb & congrats on your new house! Agreed, Cannas. You can move them any time, if desired. They have probably not been there very long, a year or two, or the barrel would be completely packed with them, they spread very quickly. For that reason, if you do move them, don't put them in a bed with other plants. The Cannas will run into, through, over the other plants. This is why they're so often seen alone, in the middle of mowed grass (and may be why they were put in the barrel.) It does look like there's space at the front where you could add something to trail over the front. Hummingbirds are attracted to the flowers, so please keep that in mind if you get involved with any garden chemicals. The little clover looks like it may be Oxalis stricta, which is a cute plant with cheery little yellow flowers, but makes massive amounts of seeds. So next year you will have massive amounts of that plant if you leave that growing, I'd pull it. There are other Oxalis that grow from bulbs that don't behave that way. If you can take a closer pic of it, someone might be able to tell for sure.

No, they doth not! :-) These are indeed buds! Congratulations. It's not very common but not unusual for barely rooted cuttings to set buds. Sometimes they change their minds and bast those buds (happened to me more than just a few times!), but sometimes they do flower. This one had an umbel with rather mature buds when I got the cutting in the mail. All of them blasted except for this, "The Army of One". This pic is just 9 days after potting the cutting. Hope yours bloom for you!

Update - When I called the vet and told him Sadies symptoms, I mentioned that I was nervous about putting her through the visit in her condition. He told me to stop in for some tiny beads to put in a litter container to collect urine. He told me to drop the sample off day and he would test that before we went further. Just as several of you said, he suspected hyperthyroid or kidney malfunction. Turned out her urine had excess sugar, protein, and traces of blood in it. The vet said that at 22 years old her kidneys had probably been gradually losing effectiveness over the last few years. He said it was not something we could look to cure, it was just happening, and I should focus on slowing the process and not doing any harm. He gave me a Eukanuba Renal formula food that can trap some of what is making its way into her kidneys and diverting it to her stomach. He said there might be things the kidneys should be filtering out, but are not. She would have to go in for a blood test to determine that, and the vet said it would just be for informational purposes. It's not as though it would point to any cure for her. So, I think I will pass on physically taking her there. He also gave me something called Cosequin, which actually is a supplement for cats with joint problems and arthritis, but there is a side effect which benefits a cat with kidney problems, and now that I am trying to tell you what that is, I can't for the life of me remember what it was. I just remember that he though it could be useful for her. (I've got to start taking notes.) She is such a good old girl. She has moved with me to many differnt places. She's seen lots of cats (and a few dogs and men) come and go, and she has been a good sport through it all. If any one thinks there is something my vet should have suggested or something else I should look into, I would be grateful for your thoughts. As it now stands, I think I will leave it as it is. With what I know about her kidneys and what I know about Sadie's fragile comfort level, I am not now inclined to do anything more invasive. Thanks for your concern and your advice. Remember to give your cat/dog (ferret, rabbit, etc.) a kind word and a hug. Unless you keep elephants, they are just passing through our lives. Carmellia

Jamies: I see the problem...it's aesthetic, not practical. If the stainless panel is as wide as the range, you've got 3" strips of stainless backsplash coming down to the countertop on either side of the stove. If it's as wide as the range, you've got an extra 3" of tile (or whatever) backsplash on either side of the stainless panel butting up to the hood. I know it's been discussed on this list before, but I can't recollect any of the solutions. I do think that what you THOUGHT you saw on that designers' website seems like a solution, if you plan tile on either side of the stainless panel and you don't mind the idea of tile just above the range, rather than stainless all the way from hood to rangetop. In fact, I think it looks very nice in the designers' picture and would look very much the same even if the hood was 6" wider than the range. I suspect some other folks who dealt with this issue before or recall earlier posts about it will pipe up with other creative suggestions. Don't worry...you'll find a solution you can live with, if not absolutely love.