I was saddened to hear that Mary Evelyn Middleton passed away one day this week. A year or so ago, Lee Hankins and I went over to the Log Hall area where Mary lived and visited with her. She had a lot of ancestor information she had gleaned from various documents. From her documentation we learned that our group of Smith’s were closely related to Mary’s Flud ancestors. Last week-end Carl and I were working in the woods and I got a whole load of ticks on me. The best thing I have found to ease the itch after pulling a tick off is calamine lotion. But even with that I have a tendency to want to scratch! Carl doesn’t seem to get as many bites. He thinks that is because he takes a garlic tablet every day.