Your garden is rather small thus eliminating many fine grasses add in the fact that your garden is not getting the full day of sun makes the slim selection even more limited. There are still some fine grasses to choose from like most Festuca which are smaller in height & width. They do require quite a bit of sun but the blue color of most of the Festuca is very eye catching. If Festuca doesn't fill the bill then you might try looking a Panicum grasses. These do get anywhere from 3 -5' tall abut stay more narrow in width. Panicum grasses do like to have a more shaded afternoon light so this might be the grass to ponder. Hakonechloa macra is a very attractive grass with its yellow to yellow green leaves. Not overly large but a vibrant afternoon shade loving grass. Needless to repeat but the best way to gather information would be to get a hold of the Ornamental Grass Encyclopedia by Rick Darke. Worth the money and efforts to get this book. Pictures, great synopsis of many grasses. I know I did not really give you a definite selection of grasses to choose from but what I like might not be what works for you. Again you do have a small plot to work with so research and have a go at it. Jake

ellied, I too, have been a little frustrated by the size homes on this site.Yes, I will admit envious. Our house if 3600 finished and we are finishing a 1500 sq. foot basement. We did a lot DIY during construction to save money. I see these beautiful homes with many "extras". Do not let it get to you. I wish I had lots of mouldings and trim.I see homes on this ste with extensive wainscoting and arched entries and lots of woodwork. I wish my kitchen had been more"gourmet" with lots of tile and the super fancy appliances- even though gardening is my thing not cooking. We have acreage and are on the 10 year landscaping plan ..LOL. I plan on over time adding the things we could not do in the beginning.Someday we will get the unfinished areas finished. One good sign is that my husband and I took a drive through some neighborhoods that I used to envy. It was strange, I no longer envied them. I was very happy with our build (now) even though we had a bad experience with our builder. Our yard is taking shape and I am pleased with the landscaping we have done. Someday, I will redo our kitchen.

If I have another stress test, I will have to leave strict instruction NOT to leave a message at home (they should have called my cell phone, they HAD the number). I had a stress test. The nurses told me it would be about a week before I heard, unless there was a problem. That night, after work, after 5pm when the doc's offices close, there was a message on my phone that I was to see the Dr. the next morning at 8:30. Well, needless to say, I didn't sleep very well. Scared to death! Got in there, my BP was outrageous, of course... Turns out the DOC was going on VACATION and just wanted to close out his cases... My heart was fine. Talk about GIVING someone a heart attack! I told the front desk NEVER to leave someone a message like that after they've had a stress test or at least TELL the patient the doc is going on vacation and wants to close out his cases! Jeepers! An experience I will never EVER forget!

My husband gave me a beautiful string of pearls with a saphire clasp for christmas last year...guess I'm old lady :) But then my newest piece of jewelry is probably 1950 with most of it being 1880's...so perhaps I"m just an old lady at heart :) I love jewelry with history. Sell it and enjoy the vacation...and know that the person who buys it is probably someone like me who will cherish it as much as the original family member of yours did. As to purging...well frankly, I like stuff :oP I love all the stuff ya'll donate to charity because I haunt the goodwill and habitat store looking for it. I use it daily and it makes me feel good. But that said...I rather enjoy purging too, but perhaps that's linked to the fact that I bought a huge house full of someone elses "stuff". I happily donate items to habitat. I like the tax deduction, and I love the feeling of doing something positive for a charity I support. I also do put things outside with a "free" sign (because I think it's cute how people will take ANYTHING!...no one does that in Alaska) but most of those are children's things (which must be taken during school hours so DS does not see it LOL). That reminds me...I have a slide for free to put out tomorrow when he's napping LOL My one hoarded...hang on, I don't know, thing is my son's cloths and cloths I purchased for a set of twins we lost. I thought we were going to adopt or have another child and now that we've give up on that I have to open the boxes. I have literally dozens of large boxes full of lovely cloths, regular stuff, and brand new things for the babies we expected. I know I have to get to that stuff...it takes up a huge amount of space, both physically and emotionally, but I haven't quite gotten into the zone to be able to do that one. Maybe we should make a pledge...those of us who have some purging to do...I'm peronally going to get through those cloths and give them to someone who needs them within the first quarter of 2011. Jak...maybe you should empty the barn by then LOL Ok that's probably asking too much heh heh