IT'S PARADISE!

Er,
 I mean Pasadena!

The Yard Man and I are at the home of our warm and gracious hosts, Erich and Irmgard.  From their back deck, one looks out at a snow-capped mountain. 

Hallelujah for the foreground!
And, then, the same sentiment for the Huntington Library, Botanical Gardens, and Art Collections, which is our place-to-visit on this Saturday morning.
(As for the eighty-two

degree temperature, Reader Dear, you may, yes, correctly assume that I'm giddy)

.........

...to be continued*

*...as this is only the beginning,

Viewer Dear.