I think that for many of us, the music we hear and like during our teenage years stays with us forever, more than it does as we age.
I was a teenager when AC/DC burst upon the scene. Those guys are/were a little older - Phil Rudd the drummer is 4 or 5 years older than me, but we still all sort of grew up together, even on other sides of the world. Depending on how one looks at things, I think we have to say in the Top 5 or Top 10 rock bands of all time.
No doubt 
Having several older brothers, one by a fair bit, left me with some fairly eclectic tastes though I do still have a fondness for 80’s pop music too.
Easily. No question in my mind.
I was that one - Me, then 2 more boys, then our sister, 7.5 years younger than me. That she survived is a testament to the toughness of the human organism.
Malcolm Young was the engine in AC-DC 
He sold a lot of SGs with that Gretsch 
These are from our Friday hike…
Look for the coyote in the lower left corner:
Owl clover:
Mexican Poppies:
A view from the Marcus Landslide Trail:
Thanks for pointing out the coyote, I would’ve missed the little guy. Also, those are what I’ve always known as California Poppies. But since California used to be Mexico, that works too.
I don’t claim to be a poppy expert, but according to my wildflower guide for this area authored by Marianne Skov Jenson, she says, “Mexican Poppy - 5 to 12 inches. Flowers to 1 1/2 inches. Native. With rain at the right times they can blanket open areas. California Poppy is not native but can be found in landscaping and revegetated areas.”
I did a quick search and came across this site:
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ESCAM
Regarding the differences between the California Poppy and Mexican Poppy, it says, “Once considered a separate species, Mexican Gold Poppy is now recognized as a desert-inhabiting subspecies of California Poppy (E. californica). The two subspecies are exceedingly similar, one consistent difference being that the first leaves on seedlings of Mexican Gold Poppy are linear and undivided, whereas on seedlings of California Poppy they are divided in a Y-shape (a difference learned by careful greenhouse study).”
My darling dog 
Yesterday he demanded a car ride which means he wants to go to the woods so off we went. I want feeling like a hike in the woods but it really was just what I needed, as I’m sure my Chunk knew, and made me feel loads better.
As we had enjoyed it so much I promised him we would go back today, but then it rained all night and no signs of the rain stopping until maybe late afternoon. I really didn’t want to go out in it… so I threw my boots in the car and went anyway and another almost four mile hike followed, in the pouring rain.
Now my Chunk is amazing with people and cats, but he’s had a few unpleasant encounters with other dogs and ended up extremely reactive around them. We have worked really hard on making him feel better around other dogs and I can now walk him without having to constantly avoid other dogs. This morning we had a very upset yellow Lab (now known to be Tess) run over and lay down in the mud in front of Chunk asking for help as she had lost her person. My Chunk was fantastic! No bad reaction at all, in fact he seemed to call her closer and tell her where her person was as we had just seen someone looking for their dog. Chunk started walking and led Tess towards her man! So proud of him 
OMG honestly, I just got home from my daily visit to the local lake where I look after the water birds… a new swan has arrived, she came straight to me, the poor bird is seriously emaciated 
I’ve given her a very good feed after which she preened for a while and then settled and tried to sleep as she’s exhausted. I will make sure she has food every day and have asked local residents to help feed her too. I’ve never seen such a skinny swan
I’ve named her Molly and I’m praying she stays at least long enough to rest and get some weight back on. I have made contact with a rescue in case she needs more help than I can give her.
I love her already
