Summer returned to the Florida Keys yesterday, with temperatures in the mid 80s, sunny, and I went fishing with an old friend that I went to middle school with. We had a great day, caught a cooler chest full of porgy and grunt to 11 inches in length, fillet them up and had a great supper of fresh fish fillets and parsley potatoes.

I talked with DonM this morning, he's experiencing some up north weather with about 4 inches of snow on the ground at that time in Benton, LA - WOW! Don's grandson was outside making a snowman. I think he was sculpting Al Gore's face on the snowman.

Pretty much everything in LA shuts down when the threat of snow occurs. Keep in mind in that part of the world snow blowers and snow plows do not exist. Consequently, schools, government buildings, and many businesses just close their doors and await warmer weather, which could be the following afternoon.

All you Yankees try and stay warm - I'm headed out to the dock in the backyard to see if I can catch dinner and darken my tan.

Gary