Up very early this morning making devilled eggs. The fami...

Up very early this morning making devilled eggs. The family showed up in installments - my sister helped me set up the shelter, set up tables, lay out Mass Quantities of green salad, tomato salad, corn on the cob, baked beans... An excellent family bbq (except that I got sunburned, which I'm NOT supposed to do). The nephews went out to the summerhouse and smoked cigars. The nieces went out to the summerhouse and smoked cigarettes. There was croquet, music, huge quantities of food, a LOT of conversation, then everybody helped me break down the tables, break down the tent, washed the dishes (thank you, Mom!) and they all went away.

I think I'm going to spend the evening slaughtering monsters, as I'm way too sunned-out and tired to get any work done (much less act as referee in the ongoing cat-fight between Rocky and Cupcake, which has re-opened hostilities outside the study door).

A VERY lovely 4th of July. I'm not a big fireworks fan, so as far as I'm concerned, the day is done.