And your father has objections to window sill plants?
He wouldn't want me leaving the window open, no.
Clean! I'm not used to seeing boots that clean. The only boots I have are black rubber barn chore boots, which get covered in... umm fowl deposits from this one (on the right LOL) and his kin. LOL
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/Indiana_Gardener/2007 birds/hakuraikou-1yr-2.jpg