Karen: You could repeat yourself a thousand times and I'd still read it all. Even Speed Read at times! 
Good to know you're alright and just wordless right now.
Trying to reach out to BILL or RITA with no luck. It worries me.
No, I didn't jump in the pool at the Choir's pool party. Only one gal did swim. The water was at 85 degrees and it was sure HOT enough to get in, but too much of a bother to swim and then change, etc, etc.
We had plenty of food and everyone had a great time chatting. Nice event for sure.
HOT and HUMID here too Lee! Duh.......we're only about a few hours from each other so the weather is usually pretty much the same. Some days you folks get more sun or rain and other days we do.
We got a rain shower early this morning, but it didn't last too long. Enough to wet the grass that almost needed to get watered. SAVED again by Mother Nature. But I just know our water bill will still be HIGH. 
Mike: I picked 6 cherry tomatoes today (Sunday). Didn't get as many as last year and they're almost done producing. I cherish every garden tomato I can eat right now, because I hate store bought Winter tomatoes. I just don't buy them.
Sad Story: Art's best biking buddy took a crash on Saturday on one of the more intense trails. A stick got in between his spokes and tire and when that happens your bike locks up and you usually go over the handlebars. That's what happened to Rick! He was in a group and they immediately went to his aid. He was knocked out for at least 1 min and when he came to he was in shock. That didn't last too long. They called 911 and DID NOT MOVE HIM. He had a cut on his lower lip and was bleeding from it.
Ambulance had to BACK INTO the wooded TRAILS for 1/2 mile to get to him. (no place to turn around in there)
At the hospital they took HEAD SCANS and all the other stuff they do, and he has a spinal cord injury that will require surgery on Monday A.M.
We went to see him today (Sun) and he was pumped up with pain meds. Could talk to us really well. His fingers don't close well at all, hence the spinal cord surgery to hopefully correct a lot of this.
He asked me if I would feed him his lunch when it came and of course I said sure.
That all went well.
Art & Rick have another BIKER in their group that was on the same floor 5 rooms down the hall! Amazing. He doesn't bike anymore and has a multitude of health issues and was in for a catheter line change and something went wrong and he ended up being checked into the hospital.
We went down the hall and visited him too. He was in good spirits and just wanted to go home. The man is a FREQUENT FLYER to this hospital and it's amazing that he's still with us.
All in all it was a busy mid-morning- afternoon day.
I haven't given ART the LECTURE on how important it is to NOT overdue biking yet. I know he doesn't do the wooded trails anymore because they are risky with low branches and rocks and sticks that can almost kill you. But I will have a heart to heart talk with him now that he's seen just what RICK looks like lying in the bed with tubes stuck in him and a collar on his neck and having to have someone feed him. I'll try and be gentle.
Out of here for now.
