I love seeing all these bright colors! So welcome on a snowy day!! Gives me hope that spring will come again. Mine is a hibiscus I am over-wintering in my house.

Beautiful photo of your city, Casey....and thank you for always sharing your photo's. Love the covered bridges too and sunsets and geese flying. You all are so talented and Faithful with your daily postings. I Thank You All, for the beautiful ending (I always save this thread for my evening treat!) to my often housebound day! Ellie

I have sailed with Carnival four times. Had a blast. If you really want to party hard, take a Carnival cruise for New Year's. Wow! What a great time! We did it twice. Carnival has had a bad rap about being a 'party' boat. Not true. I have seen many passengers with beer in the hot tub before 9 a.m. on several other cruise ships. Carnival experimented with Paradise when it came into service it was absolutely smoke free. You smoke? Get off and lose your fare. That lasted less than 2 years. They could not fill the ship! Too bad. Other cruise lines have restricted smoking a lot. Only certain places. Still, knowing the rules, many continue to smoke whenever and wherever they want. This is Grand Princess. They used to have 'skywalkers' nightclub way up high, aft. Great view! However, it sacrificed a bit of stability and it was removed in a big time re-fit. We have sailed on this ship a couple of times. Still a good one.

Lovely planter of herbs, Jim. What kind are they? I recognize only the basil on the left. A friend had an assortment of herbs planted beside her house, and it was a wonderfully aromatic area!