He was a gorgeous dog, Aaron.Look at that smiling face!Love it when a dog leans/sits on their owner, so cute.W won't kill you, that's a great photo!Ba...

Those are cougars knocking on your door, Jim Four-legged cougars. :lol: John, yes you're just close enough to wilderness that you see them on their p...

Thanks John, but the ones that are ugly are REALLY ugly and slow to replace sunburned leaves. You hit the nail on the head...it's the moving stuff in...

Erik,Thanks for enlarging pics into a slide show...That coastline is exquisite!You've got a great design in your mind...with Pacific Rim rainforest an...

My dog was sound asleep inside, under the desk. :lol: :lol: But she was quite the drama queen hours later when we walked past that area...sniffing ...

I planted three cheap "blue pot" needle palms from Home Depot in spring 2010. All were covered but not heated. One died; the largest is survived by pu...

Erik, thanks for all those great pics.I couldn't get the thumbnails to enlarge, but got a pretty good idea of the area from all your shots.Looks like ...

Holy cow, that episode would've had me racing out in my PJs too.Good to hear that grapefruit bounce back so well, generally it's duration of cold that...

Jesse,Glad to hear the ponytail is OK with that red colouring. It rarely gets watered even in summer.Erik, How cold has it been so far? Just 30 F (-1...

most of the plants are cold hardy Weatherman had threatened -4 for a couple of nights last week, didn't happen.But just to be safe, had dragged everyt...

39's not bad, maybe some old sheets wrapped around the bananas with bungee cords?Yeah, that's the thing Paul.A couple of evenings below freezing and t...

Thanks for posting that video link, now I get what you mean.Good job.And if it got really really cold you could easily throw a ceramic heater in there...