Houston..Guess what? I felt the same way about my figs! I had a couple and they are not as sweet as many rave them to be to me, and I let them fully ripen. I was told the older the tree, the sweeter they get. Oh I hope so. Mine are only about 2-3 feet tall. I hope someday to get a VERY sweet one. Keeping my fingers crossed. You can have the cooler weather.lol It's depressing to wake up 5 days out of the week with cloudy skies and temps below normal. I get enough of that in the Spring, Fall, and Winter. Our summers are shrinking while just one state away they are boiling. Strange I'll say! Protect your trees for sure in that. I hope you have a pool. Josh! Well, would you look at that! Holding back for one of the best? Very very nice. Will you be separating them anytime soon or let them grow together like a mini forest? They look pretty good together like that. Are you growing them for fun, or for eventual fruit? I love them. 46 degrees! Well, I thought my weather was cold. You must still use some source of heat for those cold nights, or at least put the windows up. Wow. Well, I can understand why certain plants may be an issue for you there. My weather is much warmer than yours, but still I have a problem with some of the plants you mentioned too. But despite them odds, what you grow still seems to relish in your care. Good work. 68 this a.m. and light drizzly rain. It's breezy and feels like fall. I think our hot summers of past have all but disappeared for good:-( Mike

Lynn, your kitchen is just so perfect with your surroundings! Those views are pretty amazing, too! Loved all your detail shots! I've got mine on the computer awaiting uploading into my photbucket album. You'll laugh when you see my spice drawer, it looks almost identical to yours!

jan s - Thanks for the link. I believe the 4th photo is the kitchen I posted earlier that antss said won a contest. It looks much better in the larger photo. I'm glad you all are enjoying the album. I haven't had the time to look at these closely. But there were a couple that caught my eye. msrose - I replied to your email. I hope you received it. Do any of you have the rough edge treatment that this counter has? Is it difficult to keep clean? CC

Oh my goodness--I didn't know there would be questions! Ok, the place is in Avondale, PA-- A&A Lumber. I took my original door in and they pulled out the frosted doors to find a match. Pretty nice. Buehl, I did post some pics, but here is one for you: lexmiss, the sink is a Ticor, Model SS6503, here is a link to Overstock, where I bought it, looks like it is out of stock right now, but if you enter your email address, they will alert you when it's back in stock. Coupon code 148945, extra 10% off. jeanteach, the glass is NOT see through at all. In fact, I bet you could use it in a bathroom too. I can see a shadow when the light is really bright on the other side and someone is standing right in front of the glass, and I mean right in front of it, like touching it. As far as my cabinet size--I have no clue at this point. If you would have asked me 12 months ago, I would know for sure. And as things usually work for me, I have been wanting a door like this for a long time. I had read a story on Home Dec forum about someone finding a glass door in the trash, dragging it home, doing something to it to frost the glass herself, and it turned out great. I've been looking in trash piles since....I saw one today. Hard to believe. And even worse--I was driving a Honda--did not take the door. Here is a link that might be useful: Link for Ticor Sink