They are In my yard, too, but aren't a bother. I hope they are living somewhere else than your personal space. The honey bee population seems to be making a comeback, the population had declined due to a parasite that was causing colony collapse disorder.

Lydia, thank you for letting us know. I'm glad you enjoyed your reread of GWTW. It's a helluva a story, in my opinion, in so many respects. My apologies for not responding to your post just previous to the last one. I didn't finish Bridget Jones's Diary. I couldn't stand her whinging -- what was it, ten years ago? -- so I doubt I would tolerate her any better now. I have no idea if future readers will think she's "so 1990s/2000s", or whatever dismissive phrase they invent. But I think you're right in noting the similarities between Bridget and her ilk and the snarkiness of the characters in Georgy Girl. Whatever is trendy in a contemporary novel is bound to be old hat to successive generations of readers -- even when they like vintage styles. Something you, or someone, said above (or elsethread) struck me: (paraphrasing, since I can't locate it to quote directly) readers like historical novels written in their own times better than preceding generations' contemporary novels because the sensibilities have been redone to suit what the writers and readers want those times and the characters to have been.The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that's right. Let me guess about Summer of '42: Are the readers nowadays hostile about the young boy losing his virginity to the older woman? I can see how that would be a 'modern' take. It sure didn't seem to be awful to Raucher's character in 1942...Hermie, I think was his name. And I don't think it was considered obscene back in the early 1970s when the book came out, but we have become sensitized to the 'issue' of cougars since. (Even the term cougar is ugh-worthy!)

Glad somebody resurrected this thread. We have chosen our tub, and I'm excited. We finally went down to the MTI factory in Atlanta – – they were extremely kind and pulled several for us to try out. The winner is the MTI Andrea 6, [which you can see here.[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/marmol-bath-remodel-transitional-bathroom-dallas-phvw-vp~16904294) Ours will look almost identical to this in terms of deck width for the undermount. This tub gives an awesome 46" of legroom in a 60" tub, is wide enough, and just deep enough. A little deeper would have been great, but we compromised for future safety. Cannot recommend MTI high enough. Awesome custome service.

i have maple cabinets (the finish was called honey maple, but i expect every maker is different) and they have definitely yellowed in the sun. good news, is that the yellow ones are on the other side of the island, where you rarely look at them as you are standing so close. i installed a solar shade for afternoons but the horse had already left the barn.