I promised Tess Wynn and Cindy Chambers a private audience with Simon if they came to the Open House early and they showed up, two long-time friends and followers of the blog and members of the Open Group At Bedlam Farm (Tess has a great new blog of her own) and met one another and then spent some time with Simon in the pasture. The Open  House has just begun and there are more than 100 people here already and the road is jammed with cars. More alter.