Well, I worked my ass off in the blazing humidity, to try to make Avdi’s patio gardens pretty for his party, and I’m pretty much done.  I discovered ripening tomatoes in there, as well as more big cucumbers.  The corn is corning, some with red silk.  Flowers are flowering.  The weeds were a bitch, but I got the better of them.  The exhaustion is well worth it.  E mowed the lawn and vacuumed the pool, so it’s looking good.

This year the 4th is nothing to celebrate, unless it’s the memory of democracy, but I always celebrate and honor my son’s birthday, the 5th, and hope to for many more.