Hi Jessie I sent you an email with what I have to share. I have a bunch of leaves started with new babies. They won't be ready to send until the spring. I can either send in 2" pots or grow them to 4" pot size. I would just want to be reimbursed for the postage and the pots. Best way to respond is by email because I don't check this forum page too often. Joanne

You don't have to cut the leaves off. The poor thing is just trying to make food (photosynthesize). Theres nothing to lose in leaving them on, and nothing to gain in cutting them off, just let them be.

i lost my senior great dane girl 5 weeks ago to bone cancer. it was sudden and shocking and i still look for her. my remaining dane girl and eden were joined at the hip, pip took the loss very hard and had been grieving so much, it broke my heart. i contacted pip's breeder and one of her former co-owners and asked that they keep an eye out for any adults that any breeder friends might be considering a new home for (retired show dogs, etc.). the co-owner gave me the contact information for one of her people who had a dane boy she had been looking for just the right home for and the rest is history. meet "flighty foto my way", call name "frank". frank will be 4 years old on 5/31. he is a very sweet boy and he and pippin hit it off immediately at our meet 'n' greet friday. they do zoomies numerous times a day, sleep curled up together and are just a perfect pair. pippin is so much happier and that makes me happier. even though i miss eden terribly, i am beginning to heal now that pip is feeling better. frank is a bit on the thin side because he lived the last 4 weeks with a female dane who was going through a heat cycle and when that's going on, intact males ignore food, do a lot of pacing and fretting and routinely lose weight. he's eating like a horse so i'm confident he will gain and be back to his normal weight soon. i'm giving him a few weeks to settle in and then i'll make an appointment to have him neutered.

More lights are better. Use dimmers. We are finishing up our house and I put corner lights in every room to eliminate the shadows in corners. I am not a fan of can lights (too industrial) so we used short hanging lights (Ruskin style). You don't need to use 6" cans, consider 4" cans or use some other lighting. Our house is an arts & crafts style so the Ruskin lights work well. The lights will probably be installed in the next week or two so I will get a better feel for the concept then.