Dear Friends,

I have an arctic kiwi plant in my garden here. I get grape-sized sweet tasting kiwis every 5 years or so but the plant itself is huge. I have welded together an arbor of sorts from re-bar to support the vines of the kiwi and each year it reaches out to try to strangle the apple trees that are close by. Before we left for on our lobster-fest this past weekend, the kiwi was just getting leaves but by the time we returned the familiar giant green blob was in full greenery.

The rest of the Green Mountains are alive with a thousand shades of green, too. The black flies have calmed down a bit so I guess the frogs, bats and birds are eating well. Rob and his team had a successful “technology pavilion” at the Vermont Business and Industry Expo. There was a lot of interest in the products from some of our partners like Otterbox, Seagate/Lacie, Belkin, Sonos, Spyder Digital and Heckler Design. I spent an afternoon there meeting up with some old friends and quite a few politicians that were wandering the aisles.

With Apple’s WWDC only 10 days away, the rumor mills are running full time. I am sure there will be some get new advances in both Mac OS and iOS and who knows what surprises Apple will have in store for us. I know I will be catching the keynote via the “Apple Events” app on my AppleTV.

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