Hi, Jimby and all the gang! It's been quite a while since I've written. I can't believe summer is more or less over already. Ah, well; it was a good one, and fall is a good time of year, so I can't really complain.

We had a lovely time at our family reunion at Cacapon State Park near Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, in July. Miss Elizabeth and her family get together, but so do we monkeys. We have humans and monkeys from Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Syracuse, New York; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and Atlanta, Georgia. (A big shout-out to Georgia Peach!) I'll attach some pictures of all us monkeys plus a few other friends. Miss Elizabeth found a cool game called Bananagrams that everyone, humans and monkeys alike, loved. I'll also attach a picture of us playing Bananagrams.

As well I thought you might enjoy the photo of me rocking out on my bongo drums.

I am hoping to make my banana walnut muffins soon, and I can't wait to try out that recipe you shared! I'll send along my banana walnut muffin recipe (and photos if possible) when I can.

We had great fun playing the game Banangrams So many in our family now plus a few friends

A quieter time with the family and friends Ross gets to play the Bongo Drums

We found ourselves in West Virginia again for Labor Day weekend. We went with our humans to the Stonewall Jackson Heritage Jubilee. It's held at Jackson's Mill, Stonewall Jackson's boyhood home. They have lots of good traditional music (I understand a lot of it came from Britain!), good food, and all kinds of interesting things to see, like Civil War re-enactors. I almost jumped out of my fur when one of them fired his gun! It was just for show, though, so everything was okay.

Now baseball season is almost over (poor Pittsburgh Pirates -- another losing season), and football season is under way. We are all excited to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Philadelphia Eagles today! My sister Mary is an especially rabid football fan. Sometimes she gets a little carried away with tackling us. The leaves are just beginning to change into beautiful reds and oranges and yellows, and I'm glad for my fur at nighttime, since there's a slight chill in the air. My brothers and sisters and I need to decide what to be for Halloween. Miss Elizabeth is thinking about going as Jane Goodall and including us, but I'm not sure if that's what we'll end up doing. She and Mr. Bob are still trying to get their wedding planned for spring. I'd be happy to take over -- I love a good party -- but, alas, they haven't given me the reins just yet.

I hope all you Jimbys and your humans are doing well out there!

Take care,
Ross