ya...i wondered...carrying a sack of cake down a little ramp from the barn.....i just had to commit and go! lol....it's just a little 2ft thing.....lol..but with cattle moving in......it gets dicey! hey i fried up some hamburger and onions and potatoes and put it over rice......yes, seasoned with red chili powder...and i add a spoonful of sugar too....yours sounds better though... funny...i can picture you laying out there and tuffy licking you....lol.... xoxo duck

thanks, guys! considering how she looked the day after surgery (SO pitiful!!!) and after the first couple of days at home being pretty brutal for both of us, her recovery has been miraculous. i hope i never have to go through this again but if i ever do, i'll be back on dr. o'brien's doorstep. he is one awesome vet!!!

Its a beautiful photo, but there is something strange about it. I think its a combination of two photos. Here's why. The stars are round dots. To produce a round star image in a time exposure the camera (or telescope) has to mounted on a tracking drive. Because a tracking drive slowly rotates the optic device, ground objects in the image will be 'smeared'. If the camera is on a tripod and held steady for a time exposure, ground object will not smear and the stars will leave arc shaped streaks. This photo shows both non-smeared ground objects and perfectly circle shaped stars. The only way that can happen is with a short exposure, probably too short to capture the detail seen in the sky. The sky shows blotches of bluish color. These may have been added or are are patches of blue sky showing through wispy clouds. Stars could not be seen in the blue lighted parts - too much light and stars would not be seen through wispy clouds. This leads me to believe that the stars were digitally added to a wonderful early night sky. The sun glow is still seen on the horizon.

@Derrick L...I have to correct you about the cleaning before use and using 8 cups of bleach that is suggested by Electrolux. That method of cleaning is ONLY for Inside Cleaning (Aggressive): "In cases where clean washer cycle along with care and cleaning of rubber gasket folds isn’t done, and severe odor, mold, mildew, or residue buildup have developed, follow the below cleaning procedure to help alleviate the problem." That is only if you disregard the auto reminder to do a maintenance cleaning every 50 washes and you've allowed the machine to get moldy and get build up of residue. A simple hot water wash in Whitest Whites or Heavy Duty or Normal without detergent would be sufficient before your first load.