It was not the work of Obama!

We sure have a lot of paranoid GOP types here these days.

Mrs. Coit told me personally that she was not going to sell trees this year for two reasons:

1. The drought seriously hurt supply and drove up prices.

2. The cost of shipping went up more than 40 percent since last Xmas. (Believe it or not, it has NOT come down in many industries, despite the lower gas prices. "Surcharges" for fuel are still common.)