The Dog Days of Summer - Aaah!

[Amy Z]

Laila wrote:

> It's WONDERFUL here in sunny California(ducks flying
> tomatos!). 

No flying vegetables necessary.  We'll just smirk when bits of your 
state fall into the ocean.

Amy
who, when she moved to CA once upon a time, was variously asked by her 
dad, "Isn't that landslide country?" "Do you see a lot of tarantulas?" 
and "Aren't there a lot of rattlers in those canyons?"  (answers: yes, 
a few, and so I've heard but I don't go looking for 'em)