It is early spring. Every year it is the time when a ton of "be priveledged enough to design my no budget elaborate landscape for free" threads come out. I don't think it has changed much since the mass exodus a few years ago. Many of the fun and informative personalities have taken up blogging as individuals and in groups rather than in open forums. That is good because it is a source for focused writings that stay on point and don't become corrupted. Those are great sources. Open forums are a totally different animal where we are all subject to other people's comentary and a greater degree of vulnerability. There is some discomfort in that and certainly a lot less control of where threads will lead. Sometimes a consensus of nonsense builds, but the openess is what it is all about. I really like it because it lets me know when I am not doing a good job of communicating, it points out when I'm wrong, and other people interact and reshape my perspective continually. Yes, there is a lot of stuff that is not worth reading or that is just plain annoying (myself included, I'm sure). It just depends what you want to get out of it and what you want to put into it. It is a difference between reading or writing and true interaction.

Fullerton JC has a greenhouse. The Fullerton Arboretum has a greenhouse too but they charge to take photos if you are a pro. I think UC Irvine might have one too.

GREAT!! That's a good one,...er, two!! Kt

Oh, that is simply beautiful. I've been itching to photograph a lighthouse and would have travel many miles to do it. The closest one is probably somewhere in the Great Lakes region. It's a wonderful photo. I hope you had a large print made of it.