Nice save! They would really enjoy it over on the Garden Junk forum! It's certainly not "junk" but many people would toss it out for landfill instead of "saving it" We love stuff like that! TFS Jan

runmede, I agree! Queens are another in the Danaus group and utilize Milkweed. My little 'babies' began hatching yesterday. I was sooo excited! Even with my poor vision, I could spot them as they were ready and exclaimed with glee when I spotted the first one. I debated about recording its 'birth.' tee-hee! I was thinking how funny that NOW that summer has finally arrived here (yep, we are on our third day in a row of summer weather) I have a feeling the butterfly population is going to increase. I saw another Giant Swallowtail yesterday, and sure enough, eggs! It figures...I return to work this Thursday.

congrats! Those babies are a few days old already. There is a spot in the www.sialis.org site that has pictures of "egg to fledge" or something like that. My guess is about 3 days but you have a beter view. Anyway, you want to mark your calendar so you do not open the box after day 13. Good Luck!

This is such an improvement over the first effort. Bravo, Doug. You will want to remember to soundproof between the master bedroom wall and the open family room and the wall between the master bath and hallway. One item in closet planning that many forget is to make sure you have a landing zone for luggage packing, laundry folding, etc. If you are sharing the closet with your spouse, two landing zones. We put double stacks of dressers in our closet plan, his and hers. It's worked really well. I understand your desire for light due to your location, it's just the opposite where I live, in the deep South. But, we try to avoid much in the way of lighting in walk in closets due to light fading our clothes. I would much rather have light in the bathroom than in the closet, if you have to make a choice.