Lynn, and what a beautiful avenue of American Elms. I share Johnstown's saddness in the loss of them. We lost our majestic elm two years ago. It was what first attracted us to the lot that we bought on which to build our retirement home.

No snow here either. But we do have sunshine, for now anyway. Supposed to get windy and wintery later today. This pic is from a year ago. They are helping themselves to the birds leftovers. Saw a herd of 9 of these lovely creatures quickly move through the yard yesterday afternoon. That explains why the whole feeding area looks licked clean every morning.

I wish I could say this scene was from today, but alas it's 60degrees out there right now. The pic was from a couple years ago.

There are 3 domes in Mitchel Park: Desert, Temperate, and Tropical. The orchids are grown in the tropical dome. Sadly, these domes are ageing and in peril. A couple of years ago, some pieces of concrete fell and it is almost impossible to repair, and the cost is beyond present day budget. One option was to remove these domes. Structurally, these fully glass pained geodesic domes are in no danger of collapsing, but falling chunks of concrete is a hazard. As a stop gap measure, metal mesh nets were installed and who knows how long these domes can be kept open. I haven't been there since these nets were installed, but I can't envision those nets helping appearance. These nets will reduce light admittance a bit.