Sounds like a good idea, glad to see city officals caring about wildlife.

You can't link to a document hosted on your computer because you don't have the software necessary running for your computer to act as a web server. You could, in theory, install something like IIS or Apache but that creates security issues and most ISP's don't permit it. Uploading it to Google Documents is an easy way to do it. You can read about how to upload a document with the attached link. Then you just change the visibility options to let people view the document. I want to point out that if your newsletter has lots of formatting, it might be best to convert it to a PDF document first. That way everyone viewing your document will see exactly what you created. There are a number of free programs that will allow you to create PDF documents. Primo PDF is one I use and have been pretty happy with. Here is a link that might be useful: Uploading to Google Docs

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Hi texasfern, thanks for the info - I know what you mean about heat. It's blistering here in summer too. The two bowls I am doing are also ceramic bisque fired. I got them at the thrift shop and just couldn't resist them since they were a nice big size of 15 inches in diameter. I didn't know what cone I could fire them to so I couldn't glaze them for fear they'd melt. So I decided to mosaic them. I should have used a plumb bob when I marked the center instead of just eyeballing it from above the rulers. I'll do better next time. I also work in ceramics - handbuilt pieces from slabs to Cone 10 thus far. You can see some of my work at the link and I have a ceramic blog under the same title. I took a ceramic bead class - now that's really fun, because beads are small and easy to deal with. Right now I am getting my kiln (skutt) connected up so I can do the ceramics at home instead of just at the college and a friend is building me a slab roller, but that is a whole other topic I guess. Do you seal your pieces after you grout them - particularly the birdbath? If so what do you use to seal them? How do they do holding water, does the grout stain or get any algae buildup with use outdoors? You've given me an idea about going to the tile store I used for remodeling my house (2 bathrooms and our living room) and seeing what they throw away. They threw away 4 pieces of slate when I did my living room right in the trash can - I wasn't doing mosaic then so I didn't even think about it. I could have done something really neat with all those pieces. And I have a wet saw - not sure how easy it would be to cut the pieces real small with a wet saw though - I might try it though. Well I have all my ingredients and tools set out to start grouting the turquoise bowl - so here goes. Wish me luck. Here is a link that might be useful: Blue Starr Gallery