How absolutely lovely of you, hopflower! The weather was pretty touch and go there for a day or so, and at one point, it looked like we were the center of the bullseye, but, thank God, the storm turned about 20 miles south of us and for the most part passed to the north. I am very grateful for your concern. It could have been ever so much worse. I have been thinking of you too, hoping that you dodged the mudslides and other California disasters we have been hearing about.

In the meantime, I have been reading, reading, reading. I am so utterly fascinated with the two bulb books I got! You really put me onto a winner.

Great. Glad to see you are back with a vengeance! Teehee. Yes, we had winds almost up to 70 mph and some bad rain storms, and power outages for about twelve hours, but it was worse for some others who had it out a lot longer. But, the storm has passed now, so we can get going on those books and bulbs!

Great reference books, aren't they?