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Have fun going through those boxes from your youth! I'll bet you'll be surprised by things & events you had forgotten ever happened. I recently got back a letter my 12-yr-old self had written to my dad, and I didn't even recognize my own handwriting. But the afternoon detailed in my letter came rushing back to me, and for those few moments I was 12 again, inside my 12-yr-old's thoughts. Fascinating to remember who I'd been.

Or maybe "Let It Go"....

I second Lammycat's recommendation. Incredible, beautiful book.

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Where's the damned "like" button??! Sounds great, J.

Photos? How cool! My daughter was out deadheading the roses and wound up befriending a young lizard that let her pet it and catch it. Good to have the lizards at work keeping the insect populations under control. She freed the lizard back into the rosebed after getting some photos. Cute little guy!

Happy birthday remphish!

It's such great music and such a fun band! Have a magnificent time and tell Scott I said hi! I hope you get Ted F. Williams.

Well put, weekend disheveler.

OH BOY! I'm going to try to make this one.

Awww, that's adorable! Thanks for posting it! I'm loving all these photos and reviews.

I always love hearing this great rip-it-up song!

Thanks so much for sharing your terrific photos, Tim, and compliments to your friend on his as well! I'd have loved to be at this fest. Sounds like a great time all around! I've seen Gregory Alan Isakov a couple of times here on the west coast...you're right, he's very good!

Yeah, I think "Summer Noon" is a strong contender. I'd love to hear that. It's a gorgeous song that has really gotten under my skin.

Looking forward to this!

As opposed to saturated with rainfall, I'm sure

Wow, Tom Snout, I love what you've done with the place! I do remember your yard....a wide swath of deep, lush lawn, and I think you had just put in a small patio. But the rest is all more recent than my visit. What a little paradise you've created, your own private parkland! If the apocalypse comes, I'm coming to stay at your place and feast on berries and potatoes and wild strawberries. (Okay?) I think you're pronouncing "potatoes" and "tomatoes" wrong, though. Heart full of holes, I've always wanted a pond. We have raccoons too (Just ask Buster the dog, who had a dramatic and expensive

Wendy, I might have some extra herbs, especially catnip, if you need some! Froggie, I did my best to hide the weeds. There's no shortage of volunteer plants I never asked for. One, happily, is a healthy Roma tomato that showed up in a potful of potatoes! I managed to harvest the potatoes without killing the volunteer tomato, amazingly. It's growing some long, skinny tomatoes. I'd love to see whatever the rest of you have growing, whether it's vegetables or a lovely yard or tree or flower. Or in Froggie's case, dirt. PS - The stripey fence was my neighbors' idea. I've grown to like it.

...you pay postage. Seriously these things are taking over my yard and my refrigerator. I'm about to begin leaving them on doorsteps, ringing the doorbell and running. But "Leave a Zucchini on Someone's Doorstep Day" isn't until August 8th. How is it going with you gardeners out there? What are your bumper crops this year? I've got a bit of everything...herbs, peppers, squash, peanuts, potatoes (I love underground crops, it's like buried treasure), onions, watermelon, etc. I love the rioting growth of summer, and the lush, happy green. Not to mention the simple luxuries like new potatoes

Yep, that'd be Spencer, coming up on his first birthday. The kid was obviously born for the stage! This is wonderful stuff.

MART!!! So wonderful to see your shining face!!! Everybody,if you haven't had the pleasure, this is Mart, a giant amongst men. Trust me on this. So how goes it in your life, musical and otherwise, Mart? Any new adorable babies you'd like to brag about and share pictures of? So nice to see you here.

Good luck Mariana!

Happy 4th to our American members! (Happy 4th of July to all of our members, for that matter) Start up your grills and enjoy the fireworks, which at least in my neck of the woods have been sounding since at least 4 days ago. I thought my neighbor in back was going to blow up his house with one yesterday! I'm headed to a local lake to watch fireworks explode over the water, always gorgeous. Have fun! Do you have any special plans for the day?

I guess it could be either...only John knows what he was thinking at that moment!