What a cool kid, Jodi! He's adorable. Funny how so many children start out with light hair and then get dark. My son had platinum hair like his sisters. The girls stayed blonde, but not him. Jasdip, yes, that's the girl who was in the accident--my only granddaughter (so far!). She looks like Kate Hudson in person, too. :-) Bigbaby has been having fun lately, and it shows. Becca is a sweetheart......can't wait to see pics of your new grandson, Ron!

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The tree guys said that that beetle wasn't responsible for the tree dying, a different (and much smaller ) beetle, a pine borer was at fault. In July you could stand in front of the house and hear the bugs munching away on the tree behind the house. The other bug, the green and brown spiky caterpillar, one of the tree guys found with his elbow. As in he bumped the leaf it was on, and felt a strong stinging/burning sensation. I knew what it was because I had researched stinging caterpillars a couple of weeks ago when I found one with the back of my neck. Although the one I found was a different species that looked nothing like this one which is called a Saddleback Caterpillar.

ElizabethA.....Yes it's Monte Vista, looking West, the crane festival we went to in March. The moon is setting early in the morning. Thank you! Looking East, sunrise @ the crane festival....