Susan no secret. Last winter I gave all my seeds so much love and had NONE survive it lol. This winter I threadend them rofl. Started the seeds with a 24 hour bath so I could take the hard shell off on the 11th of Dec. Now I found out that if I soak the naked seeds another day, the shell from that comes off easier once they start growing. I beheaded a few trying to get that off so the leaves could grow. Dorothy you will enjoy it when you see your seedling popping out of the seed :-) Eloise I know winter is boring most of the time so I had to come up with a catching subject line lol But I did forget to take them off the window sill last night :-( With metal framed windows, the cold does come in more then normally I think. But they are fine! Lucy

I couldn't sleep last night worrying about the babies. I was so scared they would all be dead this morning. It looked as though the mom was feeding them yesterday but I really wasn't sure if they were getting much or not. This morning I got up early and got ready, took the dogs for our daily morning walk and then came back and took the guard off. I prayed so much yesterday and my heart was beating so hard as I opened the box and looked in. Thank God I saw four pairs of eyes looking back at me. So I have been watching for over an hour now, no peeking at all that I could see. Took Mom half an hour to go in and feed them but now she is feeding them and removing poop sacs but it still seems like they want them out for some reason. I have no clue why, she will get the food and sit for the longest time either in a tree near the box or on top of the sparrow spooker before going in and I can hear her chattering. Dad still hasn't done any feeding yet, for some reason he couldn't figure out the hole guard yesterday. So I am going to watch as much as I can today. If one goes out and cannot fly I may just try putting it in a tree and watching it, that way at least I know they will get fed. If I have to I can always put the guard back on for overnight. I am praying they all make it ok. Thanks everyone for your help. Donna

a2 according to the website, the top of the table is wormy maple with a walnut stain. I am fortunate to live in the heart of Mennonite Ontario so there are lots of options for custom made tables. The biggest decision right now seems to be what size and what shape and what sort of base would work best. I do like the look of that table though, it seems like it would suit the kitchen if the size was right. The wood top would bring out some of the brown tones in the cork floor.

aka Stacey_mb Othello is one of the best plays ever. Perhaps one day someone will discover if Shakespeare really wrote all the plays attributed to him or if it was a collaborative effort among several people. Regardless, it's amazing to think of all the lines from Shakespeare's plays that are familiar to us even today. E.g. "To thine own self be true..."