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Time to start posting again--the trouble is, once you've put it off for a while, there's too much to say.

Theo and Tiger, as the world now knows, were engaged last weekend in Washington. I'll let them tell the full story but thought I'd fill in a little background. Theo planned it all out in advance--telling both us and Tiger's mom. Tiger had to be in Washington for the Rules Committee meeting that took place on Saturday; Theo followed her, arranging a dinner which she thought was going to be with a girlfriend. The rules committee ran way over its scheduled 3 PM ending time; on top of that the summer bad weather arrived, bringing thunderstorms with hail--not such good news for flying in. The combination allowed me a day of rich and interesting worry--I couldn't resist calling Theo in the late afternoon; he told me his plane was almost diverted but made it through and that he was hiding out in a Starbucks waiting for the committee to get its business done. Roger and I were at a play that night with cell phones off so Theo had to resort to a text message to let us know that everything had worked out fine.

I hope the happy couple will post themselves and tell us a few more details. The picture was taken on the Big Night.

Politics: Phase one seems to be over; TV is full of commentary on how historic this nomination is, when they are not commenting on how odd Hillary's non-concession speech last night was. Barack is being very magnanimous ; I guess he can afford to be. This is certainly going to be an interesting election.

And the garden: Roger has decided on a full service plot this year. We've already had spinach and little lettuces and radishes; the potatoes look very healthy; we have peas well started and beans just beginning. Corn, tomatoes, swiss chard, okra, beets, carrots, and even cabbage are on their way. Last year's bean poles will be devoted to flowers--I thought that would make for an attractive view from the sunroom. I've got both moonvines and morning glories started from scratch--with an additional moonvine bought from a garden center.

The last picture is from Paris--where we were just over a month ago; it was taken in the Luxembourg gardens where we had coffee with some Parisian-based friends.