Imagine that ...

Senator Cornyn is actually considering the possibility of a ban on bump stocks (insane contraptions that turn semi-automatic weapons into virtual machine guns), which we have all learned about as a result of the Las Vegas mass shooting rampage. It took over sixty tries to get through to his office today ... I have no doubt the NRA was flooding the phone lines. All the more reason to keep trying (by comparison, it took but one call to get through to Senator Cruz's office).

This arrived, the coolest envelope ever, from Fiona ...

another call from Australia and response from Texas ...

although I confess Don claimed one for the hearth ...

where my daily shreds are beginning to accumulate on Mo's satin pennon ...

Certainly you have to love this earthbound orb...

a moon in a mushroom ...

or so it seemed to me, glowing in the early morning light.

Finally, imagine this: Don and I met on a blind date 43 years ago today, first commemorated in this 2009 post:

http://imgoingtotexas.blogspot.com/2009/10/dancing-bear-love-song-in-two-parts.html

We'll celebrate with hamburgers on the grill followed by leftover cake with our after-dinner decaf.

I'm sure we'll count our blessings ...