I like the garden scene at the end of "You've Got Mail." Just amazing. I also like "The Secret Garden" movies, since they make a big deal out of the flowers. And if you like to see 70s interiors, you should check out old "Columbo" episodes. To die for. There was an animated movie that came out around the early 70s, which featured a home with a garden, and there was a lady of the house, and I think there was a letter that featured in the plot. Does anyone have any idea what it might have been? I think there were insect characters too. I wish I could remember better.

pidge, I started another thread with info regarding sleep apnea and CPAP. Seems like I hijacked your movie season thread. LOL Like your friend, I feel the CPAP device is a real pain in the yang but it beats having a stroke or heart attack during sleep. During my testing in the hospital I stopped breathing 32 times an hour. An apnea episode has to be no breathing for a minimum of 10 seconds. Among other symptoms, many times I would wake up with my head feeling like it was about to explode...SEVERE headache. The sleep doctor said it was due to lack of oxygen. Many sleep apnea sufferers have strokes and heart attacks during sleep due to lack of oxygen. Oh, yeah...I told ya. My fingers don't know when to shut up. Now, I'll go to the new thread. It is boring reading but I hope it can enlighten someone who may suffer from this or have a loved one that may.

Darn..I clicked the box to inform me of responses..guess clicking doesn't work anymore either. Cactus..thank you. Who would have thought Agaves would grow so large in containers..especially small containers. Some roots have cracked their pots. Many have offshoots. But No flower, boohoo. Mojave. Well, maybe you should 'borrow' a few pots from mom, and she'll forgot she loaned them to you..lol. Mojave..My suc soil is well-draining. I make my own mix, been using it for years..Depending on pot size, soil dries 3 days after being watered. You said you have 15 plants..I have 300-400. If I had to water more than I do now, I'd give up growing, lol. I use bagged soils, but amend with other ingredients. Guess it's a matter of famiarizing oneself when to give a plant a drink. Heck, if I had to water daily, I'd put concrete floors in my house, and use a hose..lol.. Cactus, lol..told you you had a sense of humor.. Marquest, you're female? God, I am sooo sorry. lol. It's not really a matter of size..I'm 5'5 and weigh 116lbs. Don't know if you consider that large or not..lol The problem is, I once tried caulking a wall. Think it was caulk..lol..the stuff hardened before I could apply it. Turned out a big mess. lol.. Wow, nice pot..is it made of pebbles? Your Calla is coming along nicely. Do you over-winter indoors? Mojave, are you asking me or someone else...about the conservatory???? I like Lithops, but have a difficult time keeping them. My last Lithops bloomed, then died, a couple months ago. I should research their care..But they are very very interesting, and so many different varieties..Toni

The "real Italian farmhouse" above makes me think about Uncle Thorvald's kitchen. More minimal and functional than you'd expect. I keep trying to remember a food movie that shows an Italian kitchen in the countryside...called "The Story of Boys and Girls" (link below). It was set in abt the 1930s mebbe 40s, had a boy and girl who were rural + urban mix who were getting married. The rural farmhouse family cooked and cooked and cooked for the engagement party within an absolutely spare rural kitchen. Whitewashed. I have no idea what it's like in the Italian countryside today. [hijack begins here] Anyway, Sabjimata, those are indeed pulls. Richelieu pulls, which are among the items I can't forget from my former (abandoned) designs in earlier evolutions of my formerly Gustavian kitchen design. Now that I think about it, maybe I should go back to this pull in my dream plans. Although I've abandoned the modern bimetal expensive pulls (see the thread about Hunter's Wife's Revenge), now that the Hunter is back he's muttering about helping out a guy who has deer eating up his garden and maybe we should just get a few more DNR permits for DH so he can help out this poor guy and .... on and on....I'm so bummed that I can consider $20 per pull right now because I'm eating venison and upland birds for the duration. And besides the "faux iron" pulls I'm drawn to which are in sorta pewter with matching "faux iron" knobs in the same elaborate and funky historical mode as the mega-sized item above. Gotta think on this. The new range is already a done-deal. [self-absorbed "I'm a jerk" mode off] I am still not sure what the original poster wants from her Italian farmhouse kitchen. Faux Italian farmhouse is fine with me--no, change that, it's GREAT with me, as long as it pleases her. There are a lot of Italians who know no more than I (Am. Swede) know about the subject of the Italian countryside but we sure know a thing or two about olives, wine, noodles, wine, garlic, wine. Go have fun, nollie_gardener. You have a world of choices and adventurous nutty thinking ahead of you and it should be a great trip. Don't forget to write. Here is a link that might be useful: Boys and Girls movie should anyone need to order it