will it hold water?

It's hard to ice down in a shower, so Tom and Cullen have been strategizing on a way to drain water from a heavy tub that Cullen bought. It has involved a few trips to Home Depot's plumbing deparment for a spigot that would work, screws, the right drill, and the apparartus for attaching it (I think the word "flange" was used). Pretty exacting work, because, obviously, if the spigot isn't set right, the tub won't hold water. You'll have to imagine the faucet on the bottom of this tub, which will be elevated slightly so that it can drain.

The water went in, the water stayed in, and with a turn of the handle, the water drained!

Do we know how to celbrate birthdays? Bridget picked up two tickets and a parking pass for the Legg Mason tennis semifinals yesterday, so she and Tom spent the afternoon (90 deg, high humidity) watching, among others, Andy Roddick beat Ivo Karlovic. Then dinner at home: salmon, scallops, roasted peppers and tomatoes, sweet corn, and peach shortcake. Sorry for the lack of photos. In every one that I took, someone is a blur or out of focus.

But honestly, I can pull out almost any photo from the past 20 years, and Tom will look about the same, give or take a pair of crutches.

Here's to many more!