Thanks, Old Hickory and Frank for your nice compliments. I heartily agree that I'm a lucky fellow. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Not to make you too envious of our weather, but yesterday it was in the mid-60s here and we took the Mule out for a 1-hour+ ride along trails through our woods. Between the two of us, we have hillsides strewn with 6-foot diameter boulders, small creekside trails, deep gulleys and dense woods where deer are likely to be hiding. I also have an open hillside of high calcium soil that is covered in bluebonnets in the spring. They pop up out of the ground in the fall, but only have a small green florette above the ground. They build a root system all winter long and in the spring they erupt upwards with their spectacular displays. If the weather holds up and we have a normal amount of rain, I'm gonna have a huge field of bluebonnets. I can't wait! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif