Gazania, I laughed at loud at the picture of your granddog! Too cute. Jim, the first thought I had was "what kind of commute does THAT guy have that works at the top"!! Great pictures, everybody! Nicole, yours really is quite stunning. I hope someday I can see that in person!! Today is Fred's birthday. He is 12 today. What a clown he is. Such a good boy.

Daughter delivered this neat pie box yesterday. The lid slides off and guess what was in it. A fresh wild black raspberry pie! We sampled it immediately, with ice cream of course.

Casey, your House of Assembly is really beautiful! It looks very civil. I hope your Assembly behaves better than ours! :) Mine is the Statehouse in Austin, Texas. It is a neat building too. I didn't take any pictures of the meeting rooms because the building was officially closed for the day when I was in there.

These are the 'slave huts' on Bonaire (Dutch Antilles). These are less than 20 feet from the water. Fortunately, hurricanes are rare in that part of the Caribbean, so the slaves were not in danger that way. Originally, the huts had thatch roofs, updating in recent years included a more permanent roof.