Carol, The tree is a: FICUS The pink flowering plant in the back is: IMPATIENT The fern next to the large deer is: RABBITS FOOT FERN The 2 low growing light green plants are: BABY TEARS The hanging plant on the right side is: CREEPING WHITE STAR The pot is 12" round & 5" deep. I was told about a nursery in Norwalk, Ohio that sells all mini plants...lots of them....all kinds of minis. I've been thinking about a fairy garden so I went to check this place out. It's called Mulberry Creek Herb Farm. I found this shade loving fairy garden all ready made up that I liked, but it didn't have any hosta in it. So, I picked out a mini hosta, upgraded to this fairy that sits on the rock that I liked better than the one that the pot originally had, added the turtles on the rock and the gazing ball. I than went to TSC (Tractor Supply Co) for some vole killer and just couldn't resist a few of their miniture animals that I saw there. I bought the cute doe & fawn. Also, if you look closely to he left of the hosta, you'll see 3 little raccoons playing. My idea was to buy the pot, plants and figures, but when I got to the nursery I realized that I had no idea how I wanted to put a fairy garden together.(I'm not too visual, I guess) So, I got this already made one and added to it the way I wanted. These are the instructions that I was given: Bring it in the house this winter and put it a cool room with some light. Keep it moderately moist. Fertilize it every 2 weeks. Don't be shy about keeping the plants trimmed back..they're tough. BTW, the total cost of this was about $95.00 I think the smaller the figurines, the more they cost. lol

The Better Mousetrap - I have used it and it works great. Very sensitive, not as powerful as the cheap wooden traps but it's still enough to smash a mouse's head. Luckily the mice I've caught were after our pantry, not my tomatoes.

Thanks to each of you for responding! I had a computer tech come to my house & he said that the new mouse I bought did need some software installation (altho the box said it did not). He did that for me & I was right back in business. He also went through my installations & deleted some old & unnecessary ones & my computer is faster now. $37.50 & worth every penny to me! Thnx again...

So ... ... some of you guys' cats work on the "piece work" system, do they? Dis-assembly rather than assembly as in the average factory, I assume. A while ago I had a mouse that had been caught in a trap on a food shelf ... so long earlier that it got a bit stuck down. Hadn't noticed a smell ... but then, I don't smell too well. The "affectionate package" disposal unit seemed to enjoy it, though. At least, I think that it was the affectionate one, not the barn cat that, for about five years, though she follows me around, wouldn't let me touch her ... but has allowed it, recently (only when she's eating). The recently-grown black one sometimes allows it when he's eating ... and the two recently-appeared half-grown ones sometimes allow it while they're eating ... and they sometimes hang around when I'm nearby, while they used to run like a streak of greased lightning whenever I showed on the scene: I guess that a cat can get used to almost anything! ole joyful