In the yard behind our house.While the larger sand hill crane dines. Those neighbors put that out for the cranes and the squirrels.

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.

Really love all the photos today! Jim, when I saw David, I was struck by how magnificent the statue is. I had seen it a million times in books but walking around it in real life was awesome! We had a guide who did a great job in explaining the different aspects of this work of art.

Here's me last night shoveling out the exhaust pipe so our hot water heater keeps working. Up to my tush in snow!