Ken, I'm guessing that juniper is around 75 years old, give or take. Went by the cemetary today, and the tombstones near the juniper had dates from 1940 to 1943. This assumes the juniper was not more than a few years old when it was planted (at about the same time the tombstone was set). And probably rules out the possibility that the juniper is Gray Gleam, which was found in 1945. Here is a newer part of the cemetary, with smaller conifers. Yea, Barb, the joys of clay! I suspect all who garden in heavy clay eventually come to terms on how to deal with it. For me, copious amounts of amendment goes a long way toward maintaining my sanity. Clay, it's the pits! Now, a few more pics from the weekend excursion. Junipers, and Mt. Vernon canyon Thrush? along the Dakota Hogback, with pinus ponderosa and juniperus scopulorum. Juniperus scopulorum cones Pinus ponderosa cone South Table mountain, and the city of Golden. The athletic fields are at the School of Mines. A little higher up, another view of South Table, with Denver in the distance. Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii South Table again. Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii

Sounds like maybe the darker color thing mentioned above may also play into it. My 2001 Grand Cherokee ( factory am/fm/cd/casette player) will not recognize burned CDs. i am currently using my laptop with XP and have tried windows player, I-tunes and BurnerXP but haven't noticed any different results from any of that different software. After going thru about 30 cds burning at different speeds and formats, I finally got it to occasionally recognize one I burnt at around 4X using PCM .wav (uncompressed) format but to recognize and play I usually have to fast forward it thru a couple of songs while it is doing the initial read. Once it recognizes and starts playing then will usually play the whole CD but doesn't always work for whatever reason. I may try the label thing or try to find some of the "dark" cds to see if that matters. We have a 98 KIA witn an aftermarket cd player and it will play just about anything burnt to cd no matter format or speed.

Oh my. I inquired about a truck on craigslist yesterday. It is a georgous truck with pictures and everything. The add is gone now and she responded talking about ebay. This truck is worth $10,000 or more. I just e-mailed her back and asked her for an address and phone number.Then I looked it up on Craigslist scams and yep, it's a scam. Here is the e-mail I recieved from her. Hi, First of all I want to thank you for your interest for my truck ( 2006 Chevrolet Colorado LT Z85 / LT ZQ8 Automatic 2x4 ). I sell it at this price ($ 2600 ) because i just finished the divorce with my husband. It has only 30,000 miles!!!The truck is paid off,I own the truck. The divorce has finished 6 months ago and the truck is mine now. After the divorce I was forced to buy a new house. Following the financial crisis I can't afford to pay the bank and I decided to sell the truck. This truck is in excellent working condition, no scratches, flaws or any kind of damage, slightly used, in 100% working and looking condition and comes with a clear title. From the beginning you have to know that for the payment I request only secure pay, I prefer the payment to be done using eBay services (I will receive the payment only after you receive and inspect the truck and only if you agree to buy it). We will use a safe payment method because I am affiliated at eBay and I have a purchase protection account. The final price that I want for this truck is $2,600. I will pay for shipping and handling. If you are interested in buying it please provide me your full name and address so I can initiate the deal through eBay. I will wait your answer (if you are interested to buy) very soon. VIN Number : 1GCCS136068310950

Until recently, we drove older vehicles. I had a 95 Chrysler Cirrus (bought in 95) and a 02 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder (bought in 05). The Chrysler had 107,000 miles on it when sold to 16 year old as her first car. I traded the Spyder in for a 14 Chrysler 300C. Hubby drove his 99 van until the frame rusted out and we replaced with a 12 Ram 1500 PU. My family has always driven older cars. My brother has my dad's 96 Chrysler Sebring convertible and recently ventured into the 2000s by picking up a 03 Jeep Liberty. He drives multiple cars every day (utility purposes), switching between a work van, his personal 00 Dodge van and a 73 Plymouth Gran Fury. He's got a bout 7 cars (never less; you'd understand if you knew our family). My all time favorite car to drive is now in a museum. A 27 Dodge Cabriolet that was in the family for 30+ years. I loved driving it. The heavy duty truck transmission requiring double clutching, the "grabber" brakes that required an oh so gentle touch on the pedal. I miss that car.....Here's a picture of the car being loaded up to take to the museum. The guy's head that you see is the guy who's in charge of the car. We've kept in touch and they haven't modified the car at all. Still looks like this and is driven very frequently. I've been fortunate to have driven cars from every decade starting with the 1920s and I've enjoyed the heck out of each one.