Lovely pictures.....I can really relate to the "goats gone bad"....When I was young, I also had a pet goat but we couldn't keep him off the roof of the car or any car that came in the driveway.....Quite a character......

Great shots, everyone! A doe and her twins are about 10 feet from my kitchen window as I write this. I worry that the fawns have become too accustomed to people. Taigen, perhaps your Endless Summer had the same experience as mine. Previous winters killed the plant to the ground. Although it is said to bloom on new wood as well as old, it didn't produce very many blooms on the new wood--maybe one or two each year. Then this year a lot of the plant survived the winter. Finally able to bloom on new and old wood, it put on a spectacular show.

Thanks Minnie. We have been hosting this block party in front of our house for nearly 30 years. There are only 18 homes on our cul-d-sac making it ideal for block parties. Each year we invite every neighbor, old and new to get to know each other. The two gals in red are a single mother and her daughter who moved in last year. The other two are also mother and daughter and they have been our neighbor and dear friends for 28 years. We love and cherish our neighborhood. Jodi-

Me and our butler Alwi, on the cruise to AK in May. DH booked our cruise last minute and had no idea he had booked a suite with champagne, a butler and a steward. We also had a huge balcony and jacuzzi tub. This all came as a complete surprise to us. I'm going to let him book the next cruise too. LOL Speaking of vacations ... I'm off for a few days to a class reunion so may not be posting again until next week. Jodi-