Dear Friends,

The ride down I-95 was uneventful and the dogs were such good travelers. My car has Infiniti Personal Assistant, sort of like a live Siri. As we neared the end of the drive each day, we would push the button and ask for a dog-friendly hotel. Once they found one for us they would send the directions right to my car’s GPS. It made the trip just a bit easier. We got to Key West just in time for the annual Zombie bike ride where this year some 20,000 bicycle riders dressed as zombies pedaled through the streets of Key West bumbling something about needing brains.

Chickens have taken over the yard. Here in Key West there are lots of wild chickens everywhere and I guess they figured my yard wasn’t being used so they moved in. The dogs are having fun chasing them out of the yard but one flew and landed on the umbrella on the deck and ripped a big hole in it. Grace is in heaven, though, as she loves chickens.

Apple released their 4th quarter financial results this week and once again posted a phenomenal quarter. As they say on NPR’s Marketplace – we’ll do the numbers below. It was a record-breaking quarter and a record-breaking fiscal year. Now with $206 billion in cash Apple is continuing to innovate and create tools that make our lives easier. They have significantly increased their spending on research and development so I am confident that the pipeline of new products will be strong and we are really still just at the beginning of the Apple story. Congratulations to the Apple team for an extraordinary quarter!

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