Bananas

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The Viscount's bananas are doing quite well with all the rain we have been receiving. They are the raja puri variety. To date, they have produced one clump of bananas, but unfortunately, they rotted in the hot weather last year. This year, when the plant blooms, the Viscount will have to study how to protect the fruit. Sadly, the plants were damaged by the freezes over the latest winter and it took them some time to recover. This is the northern fringe of where they will thrive, so it is not unexpected that the plants froze back a bit.

Over the weekend the Viscount finished one of the Men's Knitting Retreat socks. Pictures to come soon.

On the reading front, he has been working his way through Barbara Walter's book, Audition. He is amazed by the number of individuals she knows and reflects how he used to watch her on the Today show when he was a young boy. While never really being a fan of her body of work, the Viscount is impressed by her accomplishments. The Viscount always found her interview style a bit smarmy. She seemed to comfortable with her interview subjects leading the Viscount to wonder what questions were unasked.

The Chevalier is busy working on another vinyl outfit for one of his clients. He seems to be on a vinyl phase.