Almost slid all the way through May, but I'm still here.

After a cool spring we're heading into a hot summer, and the news tonight was anything but encouraging about the impending hurricane season - we're looking at some heavy action this time around. I'm hoping the weather service is wrong, but we shall see.

For some reason, my pet cactus, the Spirit of San Saba, has sprouted an enormous purple flower! It only did this once before, one Christmas back during the mid '90s, so who knows what this portends. I took numerous photos, but it's a film camera with a new roll, so it may be a while before I get to post photos in the scraps section. Assuming any of the photos come out OK, which I won't know until long after the flower is gone. Digital cams do have their pluses after all.