As you are in the planning stage, and you have thought this through enough to think as far as pollinating by insects, I think this may be of interest to you. Many insects "see" not what we see but they "see" in the UV range. Many studies have been done about the effects of harmful (to plants) insects in greenhouses with UV opaque coverings and it has been found that they cause less damage inside greenhouses than outdoors as they are effectivly blind in the greenhouse, they cannot find the food! This also holds true for pollinating insects too. They cannot "see" the flowers without UV light. It may be very cheap to add UV lighting in your structure that shines only on the plants, not you. Also there are different types of UV. It may be that your greenhouse will filter out ALL UV wavelengths and you can add back non-harmful, to you, portions of the spectrum inside so the bees are happy again. Think of the cheap "black light" bulbs. The ones used in night clubs that make white clothing glow (and also show you who has severe dandruff if they wear dark colors. ) There are many resources on the net that explain this much better than me ( probably even scientific studies that explain why dandruff glows in UV light! ) Here is just one link that explains it. Here is a link that might be useful: Bees on Strike

I realize this is an older post but Spangenberg if you are still around I would love to see more photos of your pool. We have gone back and forth between Prism, Turtle Bay, Blue Granite, Ocean Blue and Blue Surf. We have a very natural, casual feel with rock waterfall, travertine and Ipe deck and we are looking for med-med/dark not too blue, not too green. Also thinking about adding the shimmering shells. Anyone else, feel free to chime in. :)

are you hanging new doors on old boxes? (maybe I am thinking of another poster) if so, I think conestoga's standard paint finish will be fine. I did exactly that in my kitchen, and am SO impressed with the finish on the doors. (though-- I haven't compared it to barker's, or to conestoga's prism finish. I'm just saying that conestoga's standard painted finish is excellent.) I had BM mix up a color-matched gallon of their Advance paint, and I used that on the boxes and frames. It's not an exact match to the conestoga doors, but it's very very close. And I figured that, if the paint wasn't good enough (either in match or in durability), I could always use conestoga's refacing supplies to get a perfect match. But the paint was acceptable, so I stuck with that. I can't speak to the difference in conestoga's whites (I was looking at their greys), but if I recall correctly, they offer two or three different white colors in that standard line. Surely one of those would work for you.

Thanks for checking in, Mtn.. the distance glasses are working out great. The near glasses are still a struggle. I think the physics of near vision are a challenge and I may need a stronger prism (or to put it all on one eye instead of splitting it across eyes). The biggest issue is really the reality of "near" and far glasses. The near glasses have a very small range. They barely work for my office computer and really only for one of my two monitors. I have moved them all over my desk and still can't get it to work with both without moving my chair when I want to use the second screen. Also, there's a pretty large range that isn't corrected between the two glasses-- from about 2 ft to 20 ft. I can see, but I can't really read in that range. It makes things like grocery shopping difficult... or looking at someone else's computer over their shoulder. These are small things you'd take for granted.. or, well, I did. I *am* seeing slow but steady improvement in my depth perception. This is huge. It's another thing we/I take for granted so when I lost it, it was shocking.. but now as it's returning, I am again taking it for granted (which I think is a good sign). I will do a something and then do a double-take and say to myself, "I'd have had problems with this 6 months ago". My hope now is to try to move to a moderate range progressive in the new year. I have a recommendation for a new dr who specializes in these kinds of problems. My current dr was great because he got me over the initial challenge of addressing my eye but he's not so good with finer challenge of tailoring my lenses to the way I live and work. All in all, it's still been a great experience-- I've seen huge improvements. I just didn't expect the challenges to get the right combination of prescriptions. It would have been a LOT easier had my eye gone bad before I reached the age where I needed reading glasses. Thanks for asking!