susette is painting a portrait of our youngest on the porch and I'm playing scales (the fish comes later). The house sits well above the Broad River, just a wide stream, really, surrounded by butterflys, mountain laurel and rhododendron. Mountains on all sides, the front porch is just right for pickin' the old time tunes and we've begun...

tonight we head for Asheville and the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, David Holt is playing, we've got two extra tickets...

I've called Jeepman, left a message.