We had a robin nest in our plum tree once. The tree sat right next to several flower beds and the veggie garden, but though we'd be there working on them the mother didn't care. She just watched us as she sat on her eggs. When the babies hatched, then it got fun. They didn't attack us, but if we were near the tree (the nest wasn't that high up), we'd see them sitting on a fence or power line with a big worm in their beaks, waiting until we got the hint and moved away from the tree. Then they'd come feed the babies and fly off again. This went on until the babies were old enough to leave the nest -- go work on the garden, hear a robin chirp, look up, see mama or papa waiting with a worm, walk away from tree, watch them feed, go back to work on the garden. I guess we respected each other enough! I do hope you don't have to remove the nest. Maybe you could edge it over towards the other side of the porch and, I don't know, place a few pots of plants where it used to be to shield the view? She might be less huffy then, if she is inclined to be. Our respect for our plum tree robins paid off though... we got to stand there and watch the babies leave the nest. We felt like proud parents ourselves!

That is why it is being sold as a discounted product. Many times the dye or the first firing makes the item a different shade from what it "should be". Of course with Le Creuset, that is part of the charm, the imperfection, but only to a certain degree and not beyond. My thoughts...Who cares if it's doesn't match or is slightly different? As long as the product performs well, and I have purchased a William Sonoma "dune" saute pan, and (kiwi, or lime) saucier at full price (ouch!), and then purchased a blue oval oven and a green round 4 quart oven from TJ Max. They ALL perform well. No differences except for color and I like that they're all different colors. As someone else pointed out, you can always tell your kitchen assistant to go fetch you the "blue" pot, or the "green" pot for whatever. Now go fetch me the Kiwi pot!!

Make sure there is a bowl under that strainer set in the sink before pouring your wonderful broth straight down the drain. A strainer full of boiled carcass bones and spent vegetables is kind of depressing. If you have pets, children - or a husband ;) - do NOT pick up anything from the floor to see what it is. If you can't make an I.D. without touching it, most likely you won't be happy to have it in your hand when you finally realize what it is. Ewwwwwwww! Similarly, if a young child hands you something, it is assuredly not something that you really want. Ewwww again! And one last one. If you are in a meeting and a person gets excited and starts talking loudly, and their gum pops out of their mouth and lands in their beard (both of which the shouter seems obvlious about), do NOT snort loudly then laugh hysterically. What, are you SIX? Apparently, I am :)

Never plant the tall Mexican ruellia in Houston! ( I like the short clumping Katy ruellia.) That plant is the curse of my garden. My master gardener friend gave me on purple and one white. the purple has marched more than 1/2 way around the fence borders. She failed to mention that she pulled them all the time and her many paved pathways helped to keep them contained. I sprayed it with Round Up and it shot seeds at me and made popcorn sounds. (That hurt, too!) They grow 7 ft tall in up through my lemonade honeysuckle vine and laugh at me over the tops of the suburban fences. I have pull and paid others hundreds of dollars to pull and they keep coming back, since they also send out awful runners. This plant survived the poison ivy and brush killer and Ground Clear, as did wedellia. The wedellia was gone for three year, cam back and jumped to another bed. I would pour gasoline on them both if I knew that would kill them. The wedellia roots where it the leaf nodes touch the ground and smothered my daylilies.