Carly, on this post you had not listed me (see below). So I hope you did not forget me. I sent you 88 packets. And I have not gotten anything in the mail as of today. I know you may have just mailed. PLMK. Thank you, mkruby7 RE: UPDATE: 2nd annual Named/Rare/Unusual Seed swap!! Posted by: jcpyburn z7b (My Page) on Wed, Nov 2, 05 at 15:38 Hello everyone, Sorry for the delay in posting! I had every intention of posting an update yesterday and I just didn't get around to it! I have been away from my computer over the weekend and monday due to some personal situations so I haven't really been able to post. I have received packages from these people: Julie\_MN Scouttiegirl Michelle S in wisconsin(not sure of GW name haven't looked it up yet!) eln2002meyer Tonysarver esiuol garden\_witch Raney10 Patricia W. in california (See above note!) Karen B from indiana barbamaman Margaret6a Patty b in ohio (see above) Romando Fgilles Toni E in california (SA) UncleWindy Whew ok so far that is 17 so far not counting the mail today which has not come yet. I may have listed your GW name as being received before and may only have your name and state listed above but I am going through and visually checking envelopes and some don't have their GW name in them and I don't have my list to match it up handy. I will post if I can't figure out someone's Gw name. I will be starting to work on these on Friday and I hope to get them out by the middle of next week. I will continue to update on whose seeds I have recieved daily so that everyone knows. If your seeds are on the way and are going to be cutting it close please let me know at least that they are on the way. ALL SEEDS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN MAILED OUT TO GET HERE ON TIME!! Unless of course you want to send them priority but that is up to you! Thanks again for all the participation! There are some great seeds in here and I think everyone will be happy! Thanks Carly

Hey Fly. Glad you found this...being a fan of P&L. Actually, they did not come through on the color issue. The replacement tiles had a heavier layer of glaze, resulting in a more saturated color and less texture (because more of the little indentations were filled) and a heavier crackle. Quite disappointing, but I suppose this is the nature of handmade tile. What made it all work was the incredible team of tile guys I hired. One guy was the big, quiet artisan installer. The other guy was the small, friendly Make-the-Customer-Happy guy. We talked about the color issues, the flaws in the glazing and some of the warped tiles. (I had sorted and graded every tile twice!) They were patient enough to listen and understand and were very accommodating whenever I would cruise by and say, "Oh, please pull that tile...it looks horrible!" We worked together, strategizing on how to work around the glaze differences. We placed tiles with color issues in obscured places, or up under the cabinets and sills where the natural shadows would grace the problems. They chose specific tiles for the outlet cuts based on the location of goobitzes in the glaze. A lot of installers would have rolled their eyes and just proceeded without consulting me. I feel incredibly grateful to have been referred to this company. It was actually an amazingly positive experience.....a real blessing in light of how difficult the build was. Oh, and Brooke, I just wanted to say...you make me smile! Always. :-) I know you get the context of the spaces...red bookcases, etc. There is so much going on visually in such a small space, it was essential to me to have a calm intersection between breakfast room and LR. As for the paint, I am feeling more like the LR will stay as is. (EK Amy's Sarasota Sand...my builder beige!) I was afraid it would clash with the tile in the sightlines. But, I think it will be okay. I hear what you're saying Fly about taking a break. I am going on vacation soon, so it won't happen immediately, but the Sarasota Sand is painful to look at with the tile. It is a classic pink-ish beige with yellow-ish beige. Bleargh...

Some are overachievers and worse, morning people. I had germination on day 5 in absolutely terrible weather conditions. Some of your seed will be slackers and sit around playing their X-Box, finally getting around to sprouting sometime close to day 30. Cultivars vary in their sprout date as well. If memory servers, and it might not, the Compact-America grasses sprout a little faster while Compact-Midnight group grasses are notoriously slow. It's a great indication that you're providing good sprouting conditions, though, so you know you're doing everything right.

First thing is at night, leave the lights on in the room then go outside and take a look so you can see exactly what others might see. That will help you determine the degree of privacy you need and whether or not you need to treat the center window at all. Hopefully not. I might then try inside mounted panel of fabric on each of the left and right windows just to the sill that each get pulled back to the far side for day time to a hook, and then let loose to cover the windows at night.