Erica... If the red on that rock is what I think it is...it looks like you may have aimed your lens at that critter during his/her lunch break. No wonder he/she kept an eye on you. He/she didn't want to share. ;-) However...he/she sure is a healthy looking specimen. Most coyotes in my area usually look like they have a case of the mange...or have been on a severe diet. They're considered "outlaws" in my neck of the woods. Anne

Alisande...loved the post. Two years ago I sent an afghan to a friend of mine with a Happy 60th Birthday card. She thought I was losing it because it was her 80th birthday until she read the inside of the card. I had started it, ran out of yarn and never finished it. It occurred to me that I had made it bigger than it was suppose to be to begin with and if I ripped out the extra length, I would have enough yarn to finish. It took me twenty years to get around to it. I figured if I waited much longer I might be pressing my luck. Of course her color scheme has changed since twenty years ago, but she got a big laugh from it and it's the thought that counts (I think).

Susan, yes DH (age 58) has the same waist plus maybe an inch. These two photos were taken last July and November. July we spent four days in San Diego where he was in the Navy. The Nov pic was taken on Thanksgiving. I have to add that he plays tennis twice a day, six days a week and coaches high school tennis three mornings a week. On the day he doesn't play tennis, he and a couple friends ride their bicycles 25 miles. Jodi-

It's a ringed neck pheasant. Fairly common and a game bird here in Minnesota. I didn't know they were in California. The were imported from China. My Dad grew up in northern minnesota in the 1920's. He tells about some being released in their area when he was a kid and they would come and eat with the chickens. Ron