Dear Friends,

It seems that every year around this time there is a hatch of very tiny no-see-ums – those little biting specks that seem to be able to squeeze through the screens and feast on my flesh. It will last a week or so but in the meantime, I am wearing jammies and hiding under the covers even when it is hot. Fortunately, our friendly frogs, bats and birds will soon eat those guys!

We had our first local sweet corn of the season and lots of organic vegetables are growing in the garden and at the numerous organic farm stands here in Vermont. It is one of the pure pleasures of Vermont in the summer. Non-organic food is the exception, not the rule here.

Jezebel likes this time of year as the immature apples fall from the trees at my house or the big apple tree at our Waitsfield headquarters that we planted when we moved in years ago. Apple-eater likes to grab one each time I take her outside. And if I want to eat an apple, I am forced to share with her or she will slap me with her paw until I do.

This week’s Kibbles & Bytes special is on the newly discontinued Retina MacBook Pro 15-inch. We were able to snag a few of these before they were gone. It is the last 15-inch MacBook Pro with USB ports and seems to be favored by many of our customers. This 15-inch MacBook Pro has the 2.2GHz Intel i7 processor, 16GB of ram and a 256GB SSD drive. It has the Apple 1-year warranty and this week we are bundling it with AppleCare+ that extends that warranty to 3-years, extends free Apple tech support from 90-days to 3-years and add 2 incidents of accidental damage (after deductible). This week for Kibbles & Bytes readers you can take $80 off this bundle at $2299.99! This is strictly while supply lasts.