Our guide in Madeira warned us repeatedly about some common plant on the island that if you touch it and subsequently rub your eyes, it can cause blindness. However he never made it clear exactly which plant he was referring to. He seemed to be pointing at a cactus-y looking plant like in the bottom left of Jim's picture, but the guide may have been pointing to the plant next to the cactus-y one. I took this picture of where the guide was pointing, but I don't know which one is the bad one. It also sounded like he was saying the plant was a "Euphoria"

Almost stepped on this guy as I was doing yard work this morning. I let out quite a scream.

Lo-o-o-o-o-oo-o-o-ve those Budweiser Clydesdales! ! They were here for several days a few years ago, in conjunction with an air show, the Blue Angels. Rusty

I was thinking about this last night. The dust, smells, and noises of farming don't really effect me too much as I have grown up around it all. In fact, if we had smella-monitor I'd let you experience the waft of cow manure that has been being spread on the field right across the road from the front of my house for the last several days. ha