[saraconklin]

i was hoping, and still hope, somebody has a nifty photo of their solution and thanks to you two for thinking outside the box for me.

i saw the 4th post in the thread but i don't want to totally cover the windows.

Thanks for the down spouts, i already have them sitting flat on my desk now with glass but they are white and about the size of a rod so putting them vertically won't work unless i cut the buggers in half. hummmm if i cut them down and put them vertically on a windowsill i will have to add........i have so many windows that that might work. i will post my solution but would still like to get more ideas from the brain trust. thanks