Summer Stuff - Llew and Vonnie - June 6, '10

Hi all. Summer is actually here which we welcomed with a picnic under the gazebo with the baby grape leaves hinting at full shade and the citronella candles lit for me to chase away the few bugs that are about. It was in the low 70s, a virtual heat wave here, after the 50s that we have been in lately.
I want to get your phone number, Kristen. Be sure to post it when you have one, if that is good.
And Anne, I have enjoyed reading your new postings and memories and plans for the Hill Country. My largest memories there, of course, which Kermit shares, I'm sure, are of Aunt Azalee's house and summer play with David and Donald, and the trip we went on to a relative's farm where bees were raised, where we overindulged in the honey and heat and fun, and needed to return to Austin with towels in our laps in case the honey flowed the wrong direction. And then a concert that I remember on the river there with blankets and snacks and the beautiful music and twilight sun.
Our news here is that Vonnie has a date for her knee replacement: July 5. So preparation with pre exercises and paperwork and all are moving along. Being mobile again will be a total boon.
I hope that the move for the Dunns and that the travel for the Robbins is going well and that all is enjoyed. Pretty soon, when we travel south, we will have places to stay galore as we trek around seeing everyone. Hint, hint.
I've been watching the news on the oil spill in the Gulf, and it brings up both memories of Galveston and Thibodaux and Grand Isle picnics and at the same time worry for the clean up and how long it might take. I want the Gulf to be as it is in my memory when I return. I've told Vonnie all about Gaido's Restaurant in Galveston, and now we have added your Italian place, the BuccodeBicca(I lose the name) to our list of places to go.
Ken, my favorite antique car is the Lamborghini, but I have only seen one in real life. Most I have seen only on paper. Seeing all the cars must have been a treat. Coming home from town yesterday afternoon, we passed about 20-30 older, spiffed up Thunderbirds, many of them convertables, that must have been on a drive on Chuckanut Drive and then through Fairhaven. We thought of you and the cars on your trip.
Well, rain and rust here today. Good summer. Llew and Vonnie