It was a busy weekend starting with the opening of my garden on Saturday afternoon. I want to give special thanks to the friends who helped me so unselfishly, starting with Leanna Chaffe, Mathew Deerhunter, Xuemei Yiyuan and all the wonderful women of the Yoshiwara Okiya.

Yordie Sands bows humbly before you, thank you and domo arigato.

If you haven’t seen the account of the Blues for Autism events, be sure to read the blog entry from Saturday.