Thanks a lot Stan! I appreciate the compliments. The ti plants were 3 gallons when I bought them last spring, 2013. They grew really fast! I overwintered one of them by a sunny window and another one in a bright room without direct sun. The one with the direct sun ended up being much taller than my other plant when the growing season started, but they are both about the same size again now. They are awesome plants! Thanks for looking! -Alex

I cleared all private data, didn't make any difference. I checked all my security settings. My computer is secure and all my spyware, etc. is on and working. I did have 5 updates so loaded them. One update was Explorer 8.0 and my McAffee advisor cautioned loading this saying it could expose my computer to others so I blocked that update. I can see pics on any other site I go to. I don't understand what to look at and wonder if it is my computer at all. Could it be my browser, service supplier? I get pictures not showing on emails like magazine websites and this is to protect my system from others being able to see it. If you think of anything else it could be, let me know. Thanks. Jean

bg - I followed your instructions, but ran into a problem at: "On the tools tab, select Check Now" I don't see that option anywhere. Should I have been in safe mode? Nevertheless - I think I may have figured something out. Let's see if I can explain this. I only have one floppy with Word documents on it. Luckily I have copies on my C drive. I went back to the beginning and started over. First I went into Word, inserted that floppy and tried to access the documents I know I have saved there. Got the Access Denied message as stated in my original post. Next I went into My Computer with that disk still in the drive, clicked on A: and got a message that the disk was not formatted. What? It was at one point since I have lots of documents saved on it. I also label my floppies, so I know I didn't have the wrong one. Went back into Word, inserted a different floppy, opened a document on my C drive and tried saving it to the new floppy. IT WORKED!! I could save it and then I could open it. Didn't get the Access Denied message at all. So I guess it was a floppy disk problem. I still don't know why I got that: You do not have access to the folder 'A:\'. See you system administrator for access to this folder. message if the disk was bad.

MK .. the more I see of your home, the more I love it. What a shame that you are disappointed with the backsplash though. It is very interesting.. and I think with the right pieces in your kitchen it could sing! I am thinking something dark and with a little visual weight on the plant shelf will help pull the look together. Maybe black or dark pottery pots for your plants? I also have a pretty strong thread of black in my kitchen (which is humbled next to yours) some of the things I have in my kitchen are an antique coffee grinder on the window sill..an antique potato masher that belonged to my great great great grandmother (basically a dark wood club that stands on its end) and a large granite mortar and pestal (which I use lots in the summer/grilling months). If you are going with herbs on the window sill, the mortar and pestal would be beautiful and functional! Keep it simple but thoughtful and it will look great. I'd live with the dining room as is for now-- as whatever you do in there will be affected by the table/chairs you choose. I do see a heavier piece of furniture on the wall though. Nice print. Here is a link that might be useful: granite mortar/pestal for plant shelf