Is It Possible to Have Too Many Pairs of Sunglasses (Or Too Much Free Time)?

It all started, benignly enough, with the discovery of a cookie jar filled with sunglasses...





Do I need to remind you that we haven't got television? Have you ever imagined what would happen if your evenings weren't safely packed with Animal Planet documentaries, "Survivor," and "CSI" reruns?






Words can't contain what followed---an exploration of protective eyewear that ranged from the innocent and playful to, well--the brink of madness?



Sufficient to say that we explored the issue until we felt we had no questions left to ask....






And in conclusion--No, no. You really CAN'T have too many pairs of sunglasses!

June Garden

It's been steamy-hot this week and the garden is already well on its way to jungly. I am always pushing to expand the rainforest--doesn't that expanse of zoysia seem like a waste? The resident Engineer thinks otherwise (he's the one who has to plow up all that hard red Virginia clay!)...


Butterfly bush begins to spread its wings...


Catnip and bees...


Globe basil lives up to its name--I don't want to pick it--it looks like an entity--a little green Tribble!




"Homemade Pickles" in flower and fruit....


"Sweet Baby Girl" tomatoes are still dark green and translucent.

"Someday--And That Day May Never Come--I'll Call Upon You to Do a Service for Me. But Until That Day..."

Drew's nephew and godson, Cory Johnson, graduated from high school this spring. here, the Graduate with the Godfather.