The American one is bigger and showier, but the English one is cuter. And more nostalgia-inspiring. I'm not sure about the redness of the breast from this picture, though.

I'm really lucky I'm alone in the house right now, because I can't stop laughing.

The squirrels in Dallas were brown. In New York, they're gray. I think the tails are a bit different also, but I don't really remember.

The one that bothers me is the honeysuckle. The honeysuckle here (NY) looks the same, but is dry and bitter, and when I mentioned it my in-laws thought I was crazy and DH wanted to know if I was poisoning his children. What good is honeysuckle you can't suck?

you can't suck the honeysuckle up north? I'm suddenly glad I live in Dallas.

Just remembered we're considering moving the JFK memorial to make room for more underground parking among other things. Depressed about living in Dallas again.

You can suck Philadelphia honeysuckle.

And Seattle. Maybe it's just NY honeysuckle that's freaky.

And the New Jersey honeysuckle.

There's honeysuckle in NY? I never noticed any. Of course, I'm not positive I know what it looks like, so that could be why I never noticed it.

We had plain grey squirrels in my hometown until some mushroom hunters brought some black ones home from Michigan with them. Within a few years there were black squirrels all over town. A few years later mutant squirrels with black bodies and grey tails replaced them all.

I don't go back much anymore.

I'm afraid there is such a thing as Vegan pizza in the U.S. Made with soy cheese, or rice cheese, or occasionally made with sundried tomatos and no cheese. Not so much bad, as not worth the trouble to eat.

I just make home-made pizza with some very nice pizza sauce from the supermarket, skip the cheese entirely. It's better than you'd think.