Very pretty, not sure what it is though..this "box of chocolates" gets more interesting with each bloom...

Looks like Ratibida Pinnata, gray-headed coneflower, to me. It should be blooming by now if its in its second season unless it got a late start last year. I've got several of these in my native plantings that are in their second year. They are on the downhill side of their bloom for me. A nice plant and I had darn near 100% germination for these that I dormant seeded.

Thank you so much!! I will do that. First I better tell you the area we're in. We live in Illinois between the Mississippi River and Rock River in the Quad Cities (Ever hear of the Rock Island lines or John Deere of Moline, Illinois?...well, we're from the Rock Island/Moline area.) Here is the wading bird that's so dark looking. I'm so sorry these photos are so small and hard to see...there was a huge marshy area between me and the birds. I'm in the market for a better zoom lens, but WOW have you seen the price of them?? This is the swooper...some sort of plover or sandpiper maybe? At first I thought it was a swallow of some sort...then when I saw the photo I thought maybe a killdeer, but I don't think so. Sorry these are poor photos too...it flashed by me so quickly, I just snapped away as a spur of the moment thing! Would someone please confirm that this is a female redwing blackbird? This one was from a different day in the woods. There were lots of orioles, bluebirds, red-bellied woodpeckers, and a myriad of other birds in this area. I was wondering if it could be a female oriole...the tail doesn't seem long enough. Again, sorry for the quality, it was a long way away from me. I did unspeakable things to this photo to get it to even show any markings but the color is just not there. Thanks so much for any help! Ginni (the bird challenged)

That's what first drew me to wanting four chairs DD. The sofa makes me drool though. And my guess is I could get the sofa and use four chairs Here's the places the sofa could go with the chairs (LOL) placed over them so you'll have to look close for the three other sofa placements. They have ten chairs. They'd make great dining chairs too. Hmmm.... Now that's a thought. Two to four in the Ladies Parlor and six around the dining table. I like! It's not so much the size of the room, but the two large and one small doorways and four windows. Two of which go to the floor. I have plans in my head for columns with "book" cases as their bases that would lengthen the side walls of the LP.