Back to...normal?

The CE and I are comparing notes…East coast or West coast? At any given moment, would you rather be shivering in New York City or here in Southern California? The weather (58 degrees here; 62 in NYC today) is a toss-up. But there are clear differences between the two venues. In New York, for example, no one has come to our door to report that a dead, rotting skunk is lodged under the swimming pool cover. So today was a day we would rather have been there than here.

Wish we'd had this on hand for dead skunk retrieval...

However, on this coast we have dogs and cats and chickens, oh my, and, for a limited time only, we also have Daniel!

Victoria and Daniel were happy to see each other

Bernadette and her favorite economy-size lap dog

Jessica and fans

Cathy learns the meaning of "house chickens"

Michelle stopped by

Is it still my birthday?

As long as you keep the crickets coming, I don't care which coast you live on.