Oh, you lucky duck. I would have loved to see them together, live. I saw Louis Armstrong, live, at the 1952 Olympics in Oslo, Norway, and he was great. The two of them together is a real treat. I have this one down loaded to my computer. See the link below. Here is a link that might be useful: Ella and Louis together.

weather.com shows 2.68 inches at Midlothian airport, but my gauge shows 4". It's nearly all gone from my yard now, just the low spot in my driveway has a puddle. We took the gutters down to paint and the water ran down the valley by the front porch and filled the flower beds instantly. We got a LOT of rain. I was afraid to do laundry yesterday in case the septic lines couldn't get rid of the water but today I did a load with no problem. I had noticed some big cracks in the yard Wednesday and they are all gone today. I hope the next deluge hits the rest of you and we just get a nice little shower.

Kat: It's hard to be without a loved one. They say the 'firsts' of each holiday, special day/times is the hardest. It's been almost 11 yrs for Dad and 3 yrs for Mom, and I still find myself looking at Mother/Father day cards. I'm glad to know that you had such a great relationship with your father. Shirley

You all are so nice!! I'm really tired, and can't respond individually to everybody, but I'm feeling it in my heart. Steff, it's actually the peach line beneath the orange one that was the big trouble. A lot of the color depends on the temperature of the kiln or something. But it came out okay in the end :) The red tiles just have a lot of grout in the texture of the glaze still but it's coming out slowly but surely. I don't really want the heavy acid of grout release, but using vinegar takes a long time. :)