Hee, yes, it looks bare....hard to resist adding more...but then I garden by the principle that bare ground is simply a place for weeds to grow. So...bare ground should be covered with leaves as quickly as possible.

Not sure if it might have been ours - we only have one section painted green which I refer to as acid green. This is a photo of the space and a link to the basement is below. Here is a link that might be useful: Our Basement

Thank you for being excited with me! I knew I was in the right place. xo I'm so excited about your daughter and her stories, sherrmann -- happy April homecoming! My "helper" and I took a few snaps and it has literally taken us >two hours to upload due to the "help." The pregnant mask didn't photograph well -- maybe once it's hung. Thank you again for your encouragement. The Yoruba money tree, with the Mali Wedding Beads (which came back in my luggage as I occasionally wore / wear them) The multi-colored beaded crown The blue bird crown The 6 3/4" wide diviners' belt -- I am totally going to wear this one! The top of the multi-colored crown Vinyl heishi beads -- again, came back in my luggage because I wore them, and now a santo does -- he's so cute Venetian trading beads (one of too-many strands), again came home with me as I wore them jumbled on A yak bone bracelet given me by a villager I befriended in Tsadorje, the Himalayas and an African carved ivory bracelet (purchased in France), the African necklace slung over the chair is another of the dozens purchased in France. I was never, ever able to wear the ivory bracelet, but here on the lamp it doesn't hurt my animal-loving soul And you know, that stuff about my mother (and father, to be perfectly fair for he was a part of it all) doesn't matter. It used to, and it was painful. However for the past many years it just hasn't mattered. I'm not sure precisely when or how, but one day I woke up and realized the wound had healed and the scar is barely visible: when a story with them / their actions comes up it's merely an additional flavor, never the heart of the story. I got over nursing that one a long time ago. I guess because I know them when I wrote what she'd done it was just a piece of the story, certainly not the main part. No biggee. We haven't had a relationship for years, if ever. While I've never actively forgiven them I also no longer care, if that makes sense. I have bigger fish to fry! (mtnrdredux knows I have set my sights on health insurance. Just this week they denied my son's wheelchair saying it's less expensive for them to chance him being hit by a car than fund the pediatric wheelchair. Now this makes my blood boil.) Thank you all again for sharing my old-new-old with me! Je vous remercie -- bon weekend!

@dadoes With all due respect, that information isn't helpful without ALL the numbers. That would include the size of your system in kw, the temp of your incoming water and the temp of your outgoing water. The information regarding amount of heat from an electric (and gas) tankless water is heaters fixed by physics and doesn't change by brand. A user considering electric tankless (or gas) should run the numbers with actual gpm and water temps - if possible. Don't go by the assumptions that the tankless manufacturer supply, because they are overly optimistic much of the time. To find the needed temp rise, subtract the water inlet temp from desired temp (105 is the design temp for showers). Then measure how much water your shower uses in a minute. Electric whole-house tankless are almost always a bad idea. They require inordinate amounts of power at one time and require oversized electrical service. Even at the larger sizes, they provide low gpm output - particularly with low inlet temps. For example, a 36kw heater - one of the largest residential units - will heat about 5.5 gpm from 60F to 105F (shower temp). To put this in perspective, that's 2 showers (2 gpm each) + 1.5 left over - in the summer. If the water gets down to 50 degrees you are at about 2 showers. It takes 160 amps at 220V to provide that - which is massive - just for heating water. They provide no benefit other than small size, continuous hot water, and ability to locate the heater near point of use. In almost every case except for a cabin, small guest cottage, or similar type of residence, a tank heater would be a better option.