Well, if I can't go to J-Tree this year, I might as well create a little J-Tree at home.





Now all I'm missing is three good friends, a dutch oven feast (hold the curry, please), a stinky Kirkham's springbar tent, a Risk game, and thousands and thousands of granite crags to shimmy up.

End Transmission.

Spring must be here!

It's been warm and sunny in Monterey, and my backyard is getting into the spirit of things.





All of the above miraculously sprung up on its own, a fact that I love about living in California.

This, however,



...was deposited by the dog.

On the plus side, Ash is creating his own little obstacle course back there to add an extra challenge to slack lining across the yard.

End transmission.