The image of tropical jungle fruit jumped out at me as I scanned through the photos today.

Surely, the cold grays of northeast washington added contrast to the photo from outside the window.

Freezing fog, decending from the PNW wintery cloud mass would, without-a-doubt, finish off these sweet southerners.

I was worried the jungle fever had gotten to me.

Then I remembered, I was merely a visitor in the tropics.

We are skiing again tall firs and pines of home-

faring well amongst the icy forests of the north.