Ash covered snow on Mt Etna in Sicily.

Red and white lighthouse --- here's one. Assateague Light House from when we were there for the famed pony penning where wild horses are driven from Assateague Island to Chincoteague Island where some of the horses are auctioned off to control the herd size and to raise money for the care of the rest of the wild horses. Here the lighthouse can be seen in the background as the cowboys are starting to drive the wild horses into the water for the short swim to Chincoteague Island. Here are some of the ponies after the swim. Some of the ponies are selected to be returned to the island for the good of the herd, these are "auctioned" off anyway to raise money, but the person "buying" the horse is essentially making a donation to the organization in question. This is the horse that my wife "bought", where the money was being donated to the local hospice organization. She did so because of how helpful hospice was for her mother in the preceding couple of years. We decided the foal should be named "Papa Bear" after her mother's nickname for her father.

Hi Pam 25f ... ... do you live in Australia ... ... or did your dog originate there? Looks a bit like a pic made at the rock bottom, o' the world. ole joyful

ha! My brain short-cutted through some letters and first read jim's description as manzanita trees, and I thought. "No they aren't." Love the twisting growth.