Franklinia?

Might be an Aralia. Needs larger and more detailed pics to tell for sure. Resin

Hi Landscapewitch, You've got that right--I love anoles and never get tired of watching them. It's been so long since I've seen an anole with a broken-off-tail that I can't even remember if I ever saw one with a tail growing back! The first time I tried to catch an anole, many many years ago now, I grabbed it by the tail. What a shock that was to end up with a wiggling tail in my hand! I still get the frissons when I think about that. :) I love our geckos, as well. There are large, glass windows across the peak of the roof across the front of our house and the geckos hang out on those windows in the warm weather. I stay up very late and the light draws the moths that they like to eat, so I have spent hours upon hours watching them. Last year, one of the geckos had a fork at the end of its tail. This year, I saw a gecko with the same fork at the end of its tail. I don't know if it's an anomaly, or if it's on the same gecko. noss

First off, can I say your avatar is adorable?! Love it. : ) I was looking back at the previous posts, and I think the minor tweak that Mama Goose suggested has some potential. I still vote for a door directly from the kitchen to the pantry. Please here me out... if you move the freezer into the pantry, then you can put a landing counter next to the fridge. Above it, you can put a standard MW that sits on a shelf, which would be very convenient. Even though you'd be paying a little bit more now to move a few studs, I'm guessing it would still be less expensive to do that + standard MW than the price of a fancy drawer MW. Just a thought. I'm not sure what you're planning for pantry storage, but a landing counter might be nice in there for things going in and out of the freezer. I'd love a counter in my pantry for some of the items I don't like on my counters: crocks of sauerkraut, fermenting kombucha, fermenting kefir, etc. I agree that setting this kitchen up and pretending to work in it is a good idea. One of the issues I've run into when the workings are on one side of the island, and the cleanup is on the other is that I end up playing ring around the island to get things. The prep sink does help with this somewhat. Picture making apple pie. The apples need to be washed. Would you rather wash them at the prep sink right by the fridge where they came from, or to run them around the island to the cleanup sink? I remember scenes like this from our old kitchen: What do you do when you go to bake at the island on the fridge side and you are missing measuring spoons. Where are they? In the DW. Run around the island, retrieve them from the DW. Go back to where I was working. Now I need to melt butter. Pull a stick out of the fridge. What shall I melt it in. A bowl? They're being stored on the other side of the island. Around the island I go to get a bowl, trot back and melt the butter in the MW. Then a child comes in and wants a drink, round the island again to help them get a glass, add your own scenarios ad infitum. By this point, cooking is starting to lose its thrill! I think this is why folks are trying to have you consider having the working side of the island so that it's on the same side as the cleanup sink. It helps reduce the circling around the island. I do like the fridge, freezer and pantry all in the same general location, if possible. This helps you to be able to retrieve the food items all from pretty much the same spot.