My grandmother grew sansavieria, but I never knew what their blooms looked like until now. Heck, I didn't know they produced blooms! My grandparents lived in Canada and her plants spent their lives indoors.

jtc, Thanks. Of course I believe the middle brother by age (and by position in the above picture) is the handsomest. :-) The youngest (on the right) started the hike with us, but less than 20 minutes in he turned around to go back since he was feeling not-so-good (hungover from the previous night). He then drove the rental car to the top of the mountain to meet us. We taunt him about that to this day (because ... brothers) but truthfully it had taken us long enough to climb up that we'd not likely have made it back down to our car by sunset. And taking the cog train down wasn't really an option since it goes down the opposite side of the mountain and would have deposited us 42 miles away (by roads) from our car. So we were really happy he wimped out on the hike. Many rental car companies near Mt Washington have specific clauses in their rental contracts prohibiting you from driving the rental up Mt Washington. Since we all flew into Providence RI, the rental agency we used didn't have such a clause. But after having driven down Mt Washington, which led to the brakes literally smoking, I can see why they prohibit it.

Fog on the Li River, Yangshuo, China Is smog considered weather? This is smog in Beijing, looking across Tiananmen Square:

Shoes I’m considering as a Christmas gift for dad and possibly husband but in a different color. These are a lace ”look” but are slip ons. Should be good for those with arthritic fingers and those that want a cool comfortable in between shoe.