Dear Miss Blue,

All the small - very, very small - tiny creatures that sneak around making trouble in our lives!  That's all they can do, poor things, but I am not at all sympathetic to their plight.  I look around for my fly swatter  (I keep one or two hanging from little hooks in every room) and I always have my fly swatter with the longest handle when I am outdoors so that I can chase the winged bees and mosquitos before 
they bite the little children as they play happily in their backyards. I haven't been bitten by the Venus Flytrap since that dramatic time in the Kew Gardens, Miss Blue. I might just call the Department of Agriculture and Insect Identification to ask if the dreadful Venus Flytrap has been seen here. I hope not!!

Limes have always been a favorite fruit of mine, even over lemons, and I will be serving my own recipe of Key Lime Pie to several members of the Board this afternoon. I know they will love it and of course talk about how delicious it is to their friends and neighbors.  Still snow here, Miss Blue, but snow is beautiful and fun when snowshoeing. . . .

Love, Pearl