Miss Sherry, Thanks so much for all of that AL cat information! That is a very pretty picture of a chrysalid! I don't have cudweed, but I guess if I would mine would probably not mind our weather up here, although you wouldn't know that I live in PA judging by the 90+ degree temps here lately along with fairly high humidity. I'm still surprised that I got cats here this early. It's the first year that I've had AL cats, but I didn't expect them until later considering that I haven't seen the butterflies here yet. I guess they could have been here and I just wasn't outside at the time? I hope you have luck with the helichrysum. It would be interesting to see if you get cats in the fall and they'd overwinter. I might just try bringing one cat in so I can get to see the pupa. I'm sure I probably won't see them outside when they pupate, as there are so many different places where they could go. I just remembered something else I wanted to ask. I noticed that the cats are bristly so I was wondering if they're the kind that you can't touch. I didn't know if all caterpillars that look like that hurt when you touch them or not. Since I've only raised Monarchs and BST's so far, I don't know about the ones with bristles (or whatever you call those things that stick up on their backs). I can certainly relate to you about having so many gardening projects. My husband teases me all the time about the fact that I should have a fulltime gardener so I can keep up with everything here. lol It is actually getting difficult getting everything done, but hiring someone is out of the question. I like doing the things but it is getting a little overwhelming. If the weeds wouldn't keep coming up, I'd be okay. It's exciting getting to see a new kind of cat here this year! I wish I could raise every cat that will ever show up here, but I can only do so much. It was almost more than I could do raising over 500 Monarchs last year. I only had about 25 BST's, which wasn't bad at all, but those Monarchs sure kept me hopping. Another question: Have you ever had an American Lady cat that had been parasitized by a wasp or fly (I don't know if they do that to those or not)? I'm concerned that if I leave them outside that hardly any of them will actually end up being AL butterflies. I guess now I know what happened to the flowers of the pussytoes since you said the AL cats eat them. I had been hoping for seeds from them but oh well. Cathy

Both Wolf and Electrolux have issues with the blue porcelain. And its a really big oops on the Wolf. Electrolux seems to have resolved their issues with blue porcelain as there are not any complaints from recent ovens. Wolf still has ongoing issues, but the repair will now be easier with the bottom as a separate piece. Search blue porcelain in this forum to read about this. Looking at cubic feet or even the depth and width of the oven can be misleading. In looking at oven size, measure the rack to see what the usable space would be and then see how your pans will fit. Look at how the convection fan takes up space in the oven. Some have the fan sticking out into the oven cavity, which might allow for a handle of a pan to hang over a rack edge. Others place a wall across the front of the fan so they can say the back of the oven is flat. Some examples Wolf Electrolux The new Wolf ovens seem to be blue. Different fans! Wolf M series illustration Wolf M series photo Also look at where the racks are and how they can be used. On Elux, at least mine, the rolling rack cannot be put on the lowest position. The regular rack can be placed there. The best feature of the Wolf is the dual fans/elements. I think that is more significant in the 36 inch width though. Whatever you buy, get the longest extended warranty you can get.

I didn't watch that one it's so hard trying to catch the new pilots. Tonight is Notorious but it got horrible ratings and doesn't sound like one I would watch. We did enjoy Kiefer in Designated survivor but I think he is such a great actor every thing he does is good. Tonight is Blacklist!

Elmer, sorry, I probably did a poor job of conveying myself, if you felt I was narrowing down my discussion to the NHL. I thought I was sticking to my topic, which was that many border-city Canadian sports fans, because they live in a more 'Americanized' city, will root for their favourite American team, even when it's playing against a Canadian team. I wondered whether most Americans would feel an 'allegiance' (for lack of a better word) to always root for their own country's team, when that team in competing with one from another country. You mentioned "I would guess there are few Canadians and lots of Americans and other nationalities on the Blue Jays. Americans wouldn't follow that team simply because of its players." I'm understanding that you feel American sports fans would only root for their own country's teams, that play in the same league as other countries. That's what I suspected would be more common, which is not case with many border-city sports fans here. Thanks for all your responses.