The Weather - The weather is great today! It is warm and sunny, and there is only a slight breeze. This is a wonderful respite from the foul weather of the last several days! The weatherpeople predict this weather will remain for seven to ten days! I like that notion!

Here is a photograph Laura took with her Droid X smartphone during her journey home from work in Chico yesterday afternoon. She has an excellent "eye" for composition and form.

For some reason (I know not why), I am routinely compelled to peer at a clock—any clock (whatever clock or other time display is near)—when the time is a display that repeats itself—such as 1:11, 11:11, 5:55, etc. Here is what presented itself to me earlier today: