Thanks Dan. With the unusual cool temps and extra rain this year spring bulbs have been better than ever!

Very nice! You're already having a lot of success with growth. Who did you buy the Colocasia "Thai Giant" from? I ordered one from Brians Botanicals and they sent me the wrong plant. I contacted him 4 days ago and have yet to hear back from him. I'm wondering who else I should order from who will get the plant right. I GOTTA have one of them.

We have friends who wanted some of the old cabinets. They came by last week to pick them up. They wanted them for their basement. The rest will be donated to Habitat for Humanity Restore. Removal of the cabinets was pretty easy. We had everything out within a week. We did get to know our electrical panel pretty well over the week as we removed the oven, cooktop, dishwasher and disposal. I am planning on 8-10 weeks without my kitchen. After the cabinets go in the granite countertops will need to be measured, slab picked out and installed. After that the backsplash tile will be installed. Once that is done I should be able to start cooking again!!

Thanks all. bluekit - Yes, two different hardware finishes - ORB on the painted cabinets. Weathered nickle on the cherry cabinets suzatwork - thanks. Yes we have 9 foot ceilings but decided against 42 and 48" taking the 48" to the ceiling. We just felt that was too high for the look we wanted and the top shelves would be very hard to use without a step stool or small ladder. As it is, we moved from 30" high in our old kitchen to 36 and 42 in the new one and ended up with tons more storage. And the top shelves in the 36 even somewhat high. When I get a chance I will try and post more pics of the sink base. Yes, it is bumped out. No feet or arch at the bottowm (we wanted to keep the toekick area of the sink clear so we wouldn't hit our feet while working at the sink) but we do have decorative fluted panels where it is bumped out igloochic - thanks. the tile is not really expensive. it is Daltile Terra Antica Oro - cost between $3.50 and $4.00 a sq ft for the tile itself. labor to install was more than the material Buehl - thanks. Alas no granite til 5/28 so no new pics to show. Our granite company is a few hours away in the center of the state and they have a great reputation but serve a wide area so they are quite busy