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... actually, make that ... just a few more minutes until the umbrella is between me and the sun. THEN it will be the perfect day.

Just a few more minutes until the sun is between me and the umbrella. Then, it will be the perfect day ...

OK...we're back up over the HEB sign again after taking a brief break. Thanks to Jennifer Samp and CBS 7 for coming out and interviewing us about Blogging For Fair Havens. Don't forget to watch the 6 o'clock news tonight for the scoop.

In about an hour we'll have three-talented high school musicians here for your entertainment ... Matt McCutcheon Tim Howard and James Patterson who collectively call themselves "A Separate Peace." A little Jazz, instrumental combo. Come here 'em, they're good.

FREE IPAD!! Nine hours from now we'll shut this circus down and give away one free iPad to a lucky person. But you can't win if you don't come by. Stop by and visit Blogging for Fair Havens VI between now and 6 p.m. and sign up for your chance to win a free 32g iPad ... WITH 3G. It's free.

JEFF MCDONALD, who blogs at Archeaotexture.com and WestTexMissioner has joined us and is also Blogging for Fair Havens -- out of the trunk of his SUV. Thanks, Jeff ...

Later today we'll open our Celebrity Lemonade Stand and feature the music of a local high school band called A Separate Peace. The LHS Drumline will also be here for your listening enjoyment, so stop by the HEB at Midkiff and Wadley and support Midland Fair Havens.

TWO HOURS DOWN, TEN TO GO. And we've already raised almost $2,000 for Blogging for Fair Havens VI ... you guys come out and have some fun with us. At the H-E-B in Midland.

My view from atop the Blogging For Fair Havens scissor lift (generously supplied by Shorty's Rentals). I'll be here til six tonight helping raise money for a great charitable organization, Midland Fair Havens. Y'all come out.

Blogging For Fair Havens VI OK, we're hot. And by that I mean we have power. And we are Blogging for Fair Havens at the HEB parking lot at Midkiff and Wadley and Midland. Come on out. Oh I forgot .... NOBODY'S UP THIS EARLY EARLY!