I have nothing spectacular to report except that our two favorites of all Ted's brothers passed away in the last few months. One of the unfavorite and greedy brothers got a power of attorney and cheated the son and rightful heir out of all material goods. The other brother, that we both dearly loved died of lymphoma and Lewey body syndrome. I don't have spell check so bear with me. We vacationed with them often. He got the most devoted care and his two daughters moved back home to help my sister in law. It helped that his wife was an R.N. and knew what to do but a lot of wives would have put him in a nursing home. I have nothing but admiration for Nova. She came and spent a night here and we enjoyed it immensely. Especially for John: I had ripe tomatoes by July 6. I always plant a few Early Girls so we will have vine ripened tomatoes for breakfast. To get them that early, I plant and then cover them if we are presented with low temperatures. I went to a neighborhood meeting and one of the members went on a tirade about all democrats being communist. He is one that inherited a lot of wealth and probably thinks his taxes might be raised. I, for one, hope they are. We have a city council meeting that we have to attend to protest the construction of aparments in our neighborhood. It would really impact property values and flood our schools and create hazordous traffic. Oh well, I am sending a letter of protest. Be well and be happy. It is hot as hell here now but I think it may rain today.