It's been a while since our last update, and a few people have asked for pictures of our new hot tub. Here's a very scant offering. I've not put any pictures of us actually IN the hot tub because I'm in all of them and I didn't like how I look. Call me vain, but that's how it is. So... when I get a picture of the hot tub in use that I can live with, I'll post it.

	This is our back deck, as seen from the spare bedroom upstairs. (You can kind of tell we took this picture through the screen of the window.) We were so excited about getting the hot tub that we marked out a place for it a few days before it was delivered.
	Linda took this picture from the same spot after the hot tub was delivered. The weather must have been a little overcast that day, because our deck really is wood-colored, not this ugly gray. Notice the little strap on the corner of the hot tub? That's a safety feature to prevent kids from getting in and drowning. It's even lockable. Gee, some regulatory agency must have thought of that...
	One evening recently Sweet P wanted my attention badly, but I was absorbed in something on the computer. She calmly decided to meditate under my meditation bench to wait for me.