Avalanches and rockslides all over the place.By the way, that website link had a great story on negative AO that I forgot to post:good illustrations h...

Very impressive, guys.No winter at all for you.Bet you're sitting on the patio having a beer.I am too...next to the wood stove.

Oh, Laaz so sorry about Athena.Daughter's dog died two nights ago, albeit a car, not cancer.the awful heart-ache.Wonderful pics....Cerra's GORGEOUS!!!...

I'm glad you two went back there to dig.Drove me crazy thinking no-one might be there to look after them for quite a while.Did you get the Chammie too...

A G A I N this morning !!!!! <a href="" title="002 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="" width="480" height="640" alt="002">&l...

We used to have an orchard with 1,100 Mac (some Spartan) apple trees.Cold weather during blossom can certainly reduce crops, as pollinators won't fly ...

Laaz, good to see you again.And those photos, wow. :P The Phoenix are even spearing their own flower spathes :shock: Erik will drool seeing his fav ...

Palm's fine.It's me that hates the snow and cold :lol: Thanks Mike...you're probably swimming in your pool already :roll: Barb

Welcome aboard, niagaraguy!After this winter, you're probably a zone 10 :lol: :lol: two 4foot regular trunking yuccas that my neighbor left out for ...

checked my palms last weekend. It seems they are OK. Thank goodness, Igor!Your snowload probably saved them. :D Barb

Plastic bag just extra insurance? Andy, the plastic was added over the spear to keep it dry.Removed as soon as the snow ended. Jay-Admin wrote: ...

Those photos break my heart, Igor.After all those years... :cry:

Our friends are vacationing in/near Oaxaca!!!! :shock:

Snow won't bother it though will it? Nope, just my swearing...