Good heavens, it looks the same as it did when I was a kid. Still on the quad. I guess some things stay the same. Penny

I love your musings, Steve. :) I've been trying to make things with all the herbs from the garden. For whatever reason this year my herbs have never been better. My French Tarragon is huge (comes back every year but this year!). So yesterday went to a Father's Day picnic with all the cousins and I made a green salad from the garden (I'm partial to the limey green Simpson Elite), a potato salad with potatoes I had left over (not from the garden), a ton of tarragon, chives and parsley from the garden and just mixed with olive oil, dijon mustard, red wine vinegar Yum! Spinach is just about done but I've been trying to eat a handful with every meal. I need to make some batches of pesto before all of my parsley and cilantro go to seed. Saturday night we had some friends over, the kids were running around barefoot squealing, friends were over for good company. We made a huge salad from greenns/herbs with hard boiled eggs from our chickens and bbq'd grass fed beef from a local Colo. ranch and I made vodka mojitos with mint from the garden. We got out the instruments and I thought that I hadn't been happier in a long time. It was all so simple and lovely :)

Woodie, she's a CF miracle for sure, isn't she? Happy and healthy and her heart is repaired. Her Down's is slight and she's now potty trained, attending pre-kindergarten and keeps right up with the other kids on the Slip N Slide. There were sure a lot of prayers for that one... dcarch, we did have apple pie. Hot dogs and ribs too, and Bud Light beer, all the American necessities. Oh, and some venison steak on the grill, of course. It's not a picnic without a deer on the rotisserie, LOL, but I didn't get a picture. Be my guest, send the whole thread to Bernie Madoff, LOL. Yes, the kids sure have grown. (sigh) Too fast, but I had to grin at a dozen kids sitting on the lawn with frosted and sprinkled brownies, watching fireworks and drinking A&W root beer. Annie

My SD called and wished me a Happy Mothers Day. I was very touched because we have had a rough time of it. My SS did not, but I decided not to worry about it. My kids bought me a flower and a card for the 1st time. They are 16 and 11. They were with their Dad, but came to spend the day with me. My Ex never reminds them or offers to take them shopping, so I was so surprised that I received anything this year. My 11 yr old even told me that he spent his own money on the flower!!! I was very happy just to spend the day with them.