Did the official rump-session b'day party—on the water on a 40 foot—

well, party-boat. They have cruises out on Lake Coeur d'Alene, a little while out of reach of cell phones and with a nice lot of water and scenery round about. Good food and a nice sit on the upper deck for, yes, a three hour cruise. Jane and me and OSG. OSGuy was otherwise engaged or out of town.

Meanwhile we're starting to do some things looking toward winter with the pond. We can report major success with our 10 water hyacinth plants (no, they won't winter-over: they'll freeze, and we'll...