The picture that says "are they phlox or something else?" looks a lot like Physostegia / Obedient plant to me. whoever buys my place will probably scalp the entire 26 garden beds i have nurtured for the past 12 years and put in hardscape or a pool. breaks my heart, but nothing i can do about it Roxanna, there are things you can do before you leave your gardens - you can open your gardens to gardening friends or neighbors for give-aways, donate plants to a local or charity plant sale, sell or give away on Craigslist or Freecycle. People will even come and dig stuff up for you. Better than those lovely plants being scalped!

Be sure to check with 'all' the airlines you'll be flying and see what restrictions they have, and paperwork they require, for pets traveling with passengers. The longest flight I've taken with a cat was 12+ hours and she did fine. For the 3 hour drive to the airport she cried most of the time but once we reached the airport we never heard her again. I've taken birds, cats and small dogs on planes and I've found the noise of the jets and everything else causes them to become withdrawn, quiet and sleep most of the time. Most of my pets wouldn't eat, drink or do their business (when we used to be able to take them outside!) while at the airport. Be aware that you're taking an extremely long flight with a layover and it could be even longer depending on weather and delays. What I'd do is carry-on a small tray that could be used as a litterbox and a small bag of litter. Before the trip I'd find out if there is a lounge (or extra room) that you can use once you get to Paris and get permission to use it to take your cats out of their crates. While in the lounge you could let the cats out on a leash, place the litterbox in one of the carriers and let them have the option of using the litterbox. My guess is they won't use it due to being in a strange place, but it's worth the try! Getting them used to a harness before the trip will help in handling them, especially if you're asked to take them out of their carrier during the security check (been there!) If you feel the animal is an escape risk, then ask for a private room for them to do their security check. When traveling with my pets, I always fed them before the trip and then allowed enough time for them to poop and pee before they were placed in the carrier. I like mazer's idea of the extra towels but another thought is use 'pee pads' since they'll absorb yet prevent the urine from running out of the carrier. They would also be disposable.

Believe it or not, four years later the PEM31 is still the only microwave of this size around. Here is my situation, small'ish kitchen with no built in microwave currently. To maximize counter space I am considering taking down my old vent hood over my stove and mounting this microwave in it's place. I can't place a normal OTR microwave over my stove because the cabinet above the stove is too low and would place the bottom of the microwave too close to the cooktop. I really only have the 12 inch height to work with. Mounting this microwave under any other existing cabinets isn't really workable because my cabinets are mounted 16 inches above the counters, leaving only 4 inches from bottom of microwave to counter which is unusable. So, has anyone mounted this microwave above the stove or placed it on a shelf above the stove? If so, can you please post pictures.I am not that concerned about losing the vent hood as I rarely use it anyway. Thanks!

I got three tea roses back than. One didn´t make it, the other two are simply adorable. It´s the Comtesse Emmeline and a Sawyer´s Plot Tea. They´re both vigourous and very healthy, not at all the "divas" one assumes when it comes to tea roses : ) Somebody upthread asked how it comes that these roses are still in existence in the USA but not available in Europe anymore. Once there where so many roses on the market that not all of them survived changes of fashion. Because of the mild climate in the South the US many roses survived on old plots, gardens of old mansions, in parks and on cemeteries. There are rose afficionados over there who systematically search for these roses and identify. Some nurseries put them back on the market.