Cyndi---ditto here. I'm nestled right up in the undeveloped foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains--Cleveland Nat'l Forest, so no developers can touch it, LOL. And they are SOOOOOOOOOO green. It is beautiful. And on a day like today, the clouds hover right on the tops of the hills, so the view is really exceptional. However, I'd like to see the sun for longer than 1-2 days in a row.

Masaki--thanks--I'm ALWAYS aware of being safe...better to to be too cautious than heedless of such issues. It was stupid of me to go into that basement alone.....never made a mistake like that again. See my post in INtroductions about those of us on the SPIN cruise hooking up w/you guys in Hawaii.