I have some irises here that you can dig up, Maggie.....a pale creamy colour, very pretty. They were planted just outside our back fence before we came here and seem to have thrived ever since, to the extent that they could probably do with some thinning-out.

Re the siting of the TV: We don't have a mantel in this house although our previous house did, and the TV wasn't over it as the viewing angle would have been quite wrong. The house was built pre-TV so things such as viewing angles and heights didn't need to be taken into account. The small apartment we rented in Toronto on our last visit to Canada had the TV way too high on the wall for viewing comfort; we managed, but a radio would have suited as well.

Ours is off more than it's on anyway. I cannot stand a 'background' TV, I much prefer background radio.