I'm in Cary now (just north of Chicago) at Ellen and Chuck's. Tomorrow we go on to Duluth. Weather coming west today was hot and thundery. Very nice. It's too hot for most people but right for me- mid-90's. Very dry in Cary but in Cincy and Indiana it's rained, rained, rained for the last couple of days. Big thunderstorms. So my plants are well.

Tomorrow my parents get both Joe (my uncle, not my brother) and Irene in Duluth. I'm not sure when Irene's coming but Joe's flight's at two. I hear he's selling part of his business. He has a Secret Shopper business he's run from his house for years.

Joe is my dad's brother. Irene is my mom's sister.