So UPS has another slogan aside from the more typical "what can Brown do for YOU?" It's: our drivers are corner cutting, fib telling delivery men and by all means trust them over the customer.
Sorry for the poor image, but this is the water logged falling apart box of some electronic equipment that they delivered to my front sidewalk. It was too heavy, so they decided not to put it on the porch (yet mark that they did) just before one of the worst rain storms.
Needless to say a nice neighbor called to let me know, I promptly called UPS to complain. They told me it was on the porch (which it was not)... the driver snuck back when customer service called to confirm it ... dragged it onto the porch and "covered it in plastic" (which he did not). What he was supposed to do was come back in an hour when someone was going to be there to receive it...basically he didn't want to be caught with his pants down so my soggy wet crumbling box was there to greet me when I returned from vacation.
So: Mr. Cushy Benefits UPS Delivery Driver ... have some pride in your work and stop being a lying POS. There are plenty of people out there who would love to have your job/benefits. Step up or step out of the game.
Mind you my UPS driver pulled up some porch boards the last time he delivered something heavy to my porch. He's also left stuff on the steps and thrown packages onto the porch (while I'm standing there ready to receive them .... how about hand them to me rather than throw them on the ground???). My FED Ex Delivery man walks the packages up to the porch and places them under my mailbox.
Rant - finished
A pretty view to take in while tagging along on Keith's business trip. Beach, piers, sunsent, palm trees ....
Not exactly the image that once conjures when "California Dreaming", but the flower fields in Carlsbad, CA were quite a spectacle. So was the fresh strawberry smoothie that came after the walk around the fields ;) 
Not bad for not having to leave the comfort of my own home! Taken from the upstairs bedroom while sitting on the floor. I could even hear the music they were playing to go along with it.
A certain special someone pointed out that my endeavour here was becoming more 'photo a year' than 'photo a day'. In an effort to help rectify my situation you can look for some -catch-up as well as new images.
What a happy new home. I'm so glad to have moved into my new home ... I can have healthy plants again! Hooray for direct sunlight! Many of my sun loving plants have struggled the past few years with complete lack of any good sunlight. This little guy has had to live in my fathers greenhouse for a while...I couldn't give him what he needed.
