Pictures Roots: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4134738/Monster%20weed/2010-05-17%2018.45.32.jpg Plant? http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4134738/Monster%20weed/2010-05-17%2018.45.44.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4134738/Monster%20weed/2010-05-17%2018.45.54.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4134738/Monster%20weed/2010-05-17%2018.46.03.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4134738/Monster%20weed/2010-05-17%2018.46.08.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4134738/Monster%20weed/2010-05-17%2018.46.15.jpg

Hi Paulines! Nice to meet another Sharonite here. Did my name give it away? I thought I was being sneaky! ;-) Our house is a Swedish kit house brought over on a boat in the mid 80's. There are a number of them near Ward's farm in town. Construction is solid as a tank, built to Northern Europe specs (triple pane windows, etc.). We love it despite its quirks, like the fact that we can't get extra keys made because U.S. molds can't match them, and in Sweden it's illegal to duplicate keys, as we found out when we tried that route! It's contemporary but not modern in the style sense by any means, and definitely not American MCM. I hope your former house was bought by folks who appreciate it. I love MCM design and am incorporating some pieces in our house here and there (tables, chairs) that we can take with us when we move. Once we are empty nesters, I would love to build or buy/remodel a really modern house, either a contemporary modern design or an MCM house that needs some lovin'. I love the curves of #10. Stay warm!

Tragopogon porrifolius

The middle plant looks like a member of the Malvaceae to me also. I've never seen an Okra plant. Could this be purple okra? Would that even grow in Nova Scotia?