Wow! Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I greatly appreciate all of those links and I can see where I'll be spending a few hours today.
Hey chronoluvvv, very sunny yesterday and today. My wife and I live in the foothills of the Sierra's about 45 miles east of Sacramento.
We built our retirement home in the country a few years back and feel like we are living in a vacation home every day of our lives now. This photo was taken last year and is a view off our back deck.