
IT'LL HAVE TO BE A TELEGRAM ENTRY, SINCE I ONLY HAVE ONE HAND AT THE MOMENT: SLEEPING BABY IN OTHER.

LOVELY SISTER
HEATHER GAVE BIRTH LAST NIGHT TO HEALTHY TINY ELIORA LYNN. GAVE US A BIT OF A SCARE--HEATHER, ON OXYGYN, MEDIVACED TO FLAGSTAFF HOSPITAL RE: CHANCE OF PRECLAMPSIA--BUT ALL'S WELL--EVERYONE HEALTHY. ANOTHER GIRL TO JOIN THE WOMAN POWER FORCES! HOORAH!

WEEDED RASPBERRIES YESTERDAY--PROLIFERATING--FREE LOVING BERRIES ROOTING THEMSELVES IN OUR THISTLE HILL. YUM. AND THERE'S A PICKET FENCE UNDERWAY. . . .

QUESTION: CAN ANYONE RECOMMEND A TRULY AMAZING TROWEL?
I CAN ONLY FIND CHEAP, BENDABLE KINDS. MUST BE REALLY TOUGH (WITHSTAND OBNOXIOUS WEEDS AND CLAY), SEXY, AND DEPENDABLE IN A SWEET WAY--LIKE MARTIN.