Maria Dolores ferry in the harbor, Messina, Sicily. It can carry 65 cars and 500+ passengers, reaching 35+ knots. It generally takes trips of less than four hours.

This little post office in Annapolis, California is going to close, so I wanted a picture for posterity.

Yesterday we had a big party at our house, for my 50th B-day. One of the dishes I made was oven roasted winter squash that grew in our garden. The plant looked like this: The squash was enormous -- the one I picked was 25 lbs! I peeled it and cubed it and roasted it I also made: crockpot BBQ pulled pork baby yukon gold potato salad cold cucumber yogurt soup fresh coleslaw madras curried lentils asian peanut miso noodles The party was a big success. I didn't get a good count of the people at the party, there were at least 55 people and the party went on until about 10:00 P.M.

I just don't know. This was on the inside wall of my porch.