About the only thing I can comment on is the cake flour and baking cakes in general. I guess I only use cake flour when a recipe specifically calls for it and yes, I agree it does give the finished product a very different (and delicious) taste and texture. I enjoy baking cakes probably because there are some techniques to master, but they're not as complicated and time consuming as bread baking. You could in theory whip out several cakes in the time it would take to do 1 loaf of bread. So far the one lesson I have learned is the importance of proper mixing. It's hard to explain, but after a while you just get this instinctive feeling as to when something is properly mixed. Makes all the difference in the world IMO. I think my most, most, most favorite thing to bake are pies. I bet it took me a couple or years to learn how to make an above average crust. I'm pleased with what I can produce at this point in time, but it's still not perfect. That's the fun part - striving for that perfect crust. But as Orin already stated, who on earth wants to turn on the oven during the summer months? That's the tragedy - all these wonderful fruits available, but no desire to make my house unlivable.

Thanks Jeff. I am assuming it must be connected to some type of parasite. I know that the Monarchs will sometimes begin to pupate, and then the process stops before it's complete. Must be the same thing, but just looks different with the Swallowtails?

Hi I lovecacti..Tell me in e-mail and you are the last one that I have anything left for ..lol Everything has been spoken for and many already mailed out and I am SO happy they will find homes with members and friends who know what to do with them, and not in the dump.. Let me see if I can get more eventually from the same manager since he had a great time giving me the ones I already got..I'll bet deep down inside he was a plant lover too..:-) Chris, you know the one you liked, I sent you two smaller ones ASAP because they looked like they needed help right away. If they do not make it, I will send a larger one of two I have with no hesitation.. Mike

Thanks fori, good to see you area still hanging out :) I just got an estimate for counter for our baking area, it's about 16.5 sq ft. caesarstone worked out to be $65 a sq ft zodiac and cambria got close to $95-$100 a sq ft :( Not sure what the deal is, their store is on the same street as caesarstone so this brand is probably their biggest seller. So I think I want to move forward with the caesarstone. It is just a different look from the cambria which has finer specks.. But we have seen the same combo with my cabinets at Ikea for a while now and always loved it. attached a link, comments are welcome, we took samples of the off white quartz home and have always found it too blue/grey so we need something more tan colored. Still looks kind of grey here in the first picture. Here is a link that might be useful: Caesarstone oyster