I always enjoy the pictures and today is no exception. Kat, how did you prepare the fish? Did you catch it? Here is the beach as seen from the boardwalk near Grover Beach ocean ramp taken on Monday. Shortly after it was taken, rain and hail started and we got soaked by the time we got back to the car.

No Photoshopping was involved. The photo is about 70 years old, and I scanned the original negative. I thought part of the fur coat overlapped the soldier's arm, too, but when I took a look at the large file I discovered that it's not her coat--it's his stripes on his sleeve. But the other arms still mystify me. I received a message from someone who does imaging and graphics. He says my dad's arm looks like it's in back of the soldier, but actually it's in front. A theory I like better is that the soldier is a ghost. :-) And the "tiny head" on my dad's right shoulder? Let's make believe it's President Truman. LOL

Thank you Mare. We've liked it long enough to live there for 30+ years. It's a wonderful stroll around the lake and has a great maintained lagoon for kids with a rock slide and such. But I'd trade it all for OldGardener's street! That kind of road is just breathtaking to me. Jodi-

Susan, I have two large external drive that are full. Besides, I needed a laptop for home. My old desktop is 8 years old. I've been using my work laptop up til now. Found a really good deal on a Toshiba laptop for $360, free shipping so I jumped at it.