Jim If I sat in that chair I'm afraid I couldn't get out of it on my own - but perhaps it's an objet d'arte? DH found this in the woods behind our house yesterday - after he stepped on it. I think it's called "Old Man in the Woods" mushroom. We're going to see if we can dehydrate it and keep it.

"Elmer, the reason they get so much snow and bad weather there is because of all the moist air coming off the ocean....." That's what I said and tried to be brief. I've spent my life in the state immediately to the south, where through the 700+ miles from there to the Mexican border, all areas are affected by that very same phenomenon on a much greater scale. Rain and snow on the west facing sides, deserts to the east of mountains in the lee. I actually had a class in university on the subject, The Geography and Regions of California. Weather variations are significant and are a prominent factor that influences differences from one part to another. . Didn't you see Fun2BHere's photo a few days ago with the palm trees in Newport Beach in the foreground and snow on the mountains in the not too distant background?

Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, ND. Fire danger is at extreme level. Still gorgeous, though. It rained in SD Wednesday, so hopefully also in ND.

Beauty, manners. courage and spunk in one package. She's sugar and spice and everything nice.