I see that some northern states have incorporated special (higher) hurricane and windstorm deductibles into homeowner insurance policies.  A nice (for them) little feature that the insurance companies developed and perfected down here in the hurricane-prone south.  Your Good Neighbor has you in Good Hands and under a protective Umbrella!

http://www.dfs.ny.gov/insurance/homeown/pdf/awindded.pdf

Ours arrived today.  Very nicely done!

Okay, thanks.  I saw color choices but missed the "wire" reference.

Can someone explain the color choices?

Looks like Beauty's back!

Looks more like Beauty's front to me.   

http://www2.dothaneagle.com/news/2012/sep/29/efforts-list-eastern-diamondbacks-threatened-speci-ar-4652264/?sc_cid=DEA-NEWS-Local

Might be more effective if we can identify and direct comments to their sources of funding (foundations, corporations, etc.).

I'll drink to that.

I used to enjoy this stuff until its prominence in the so called Beer Summit inflated its price beyond my budget.

"I really worry about everything going to the cloud," Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently said. "I think it's going to be horrendous. I think there are going to be a lot of horrible problems in the next five years."

http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/yes-cloud-dangerous-heres-how-stay-safe-927142?__utma=14933801.1350715333.1344352201.1344352201.1344352201.1&__utmb=14933801.1.10.1344352201&__utmc=14933801&__utmx=-&__utmz=14933801.1344352201.1.1.utmcsr=%28direct%29|utmccn=%28direct%29|utmcmd=%28none%29&__utmv=14933801.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc|cover=1^12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=www.nbcnews.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=174830114

Hope the Watchers are watching!

Meet Holly’s Half Dozen. These six Golden Retriever pups were born on June 24th and have already begun very important work — helping to heal the invisible wounds of our Nation’s Combat Veterans.

http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/service-puppy-cam

This nest is 15 minutes away from the Questals, the other end of Don Mills, so they should be OK. 2 just fledged.

Toronto falcons seem to be much more tolerant of others than Rochester falcons.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12219.html

another "twins" picture I captured at 2pm today.  Spitting image??  Christiane

 

Look at that full ingluvies!

For those like me who had no idea what Flounce is:

http://www.themodernapprentice.com/frounce.htm