A fungus among-us. This puff ball appeared overnight in the yard just across our driveway. That is a 1 tablespoon measuring spoon for comparison. About the size of a cantaloupe.

party_music, nicole, susan, thank you for the compliments. That pic was taken a week ago. Since then the grass has started to brown due to lack of rain. The work in the 16 or so individual beds falls primarily to my DH. He just finished the 2'nd edging of most of the beds for the growing season. The excessive rain early on made it impossible to keep ahead of the weeds. Many plants in the beds need dividing. That just isn't on DH's priority list and i am not able to do anything other than what I can easily reach from my scooter. Hoping to hire some help next spring.

All around Anchorage, the lamp posts were covered with these flower baskets, in the colors of the Alaskan state flag.

Elizabeth...so U got me to wondering...what is the diff between a Lynx & a bobcat. Quote: "Lynx have an entirely black tail tip, while the tip of a bobcat’s tail is black on top, and white on the bottom." and the bobcats tail is longer than a lynx. Otherwise.....location is key. No Lynx anywhere near Colorado. So now I know....:0) Photo of how to tell Lynx & Bobcat apart