I'm late to the party here , been cleaning in the van till it got too dang hot. It's 87 on way to 91 today and per usual for September one last warm up to 103 by Friday they say. Ugh!! We seem to do this pretty much every uear: cool down late August/ early September into high 70's low 80's for a week or so, then pop back into 90's and above for another week or ten days then drop down for good for the year. Hopefully by Mel's surgery it will at least be back down into 80's. In 2013 during his stay at the hospital it was over 100 every single day, one day 114, and made it difficult to keep the fridge cold enough! Not to mention how miserable walking outside!
Cheryl, my Dad always went each Sunday morning for San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner and the LA Times. Did it for decades. We finally gave up paper as accumulated too much never read. And cartoons just aren't what they used to be. I don't get/ understand some of the new ones.
Mickie and Mary I am so glad you will soon be able to run away from the noisy weekenders.
Donna, I need my peace and quiet which is why I often stay up late, but I too am a social person, often conversing in line at stores with strangers, much to Mel's discomfort ( he is opposite from social unless it's someone he knows). I sure understand what you were saying.
Kathy, that yard campfire sounds fun, But maybe not while it's still HOT here. Love a tasty S'more so much we sometimes make them up in toaster oven in winter!!
Catherine wow,that was some long drive but as they say, holding your Grandbaby, priceless!!
Alice I'd sleep like that once in a while and know I must have needed it. Your hat sounds fun, I should make a trip out to REI the other side of town.
Martha in some places here, much to distress of naturalists there are places you can catch fish that are small and are in fact gold fish people have dumped and which are competing with wild fish for habitat and food. It's a good thing when people take them out of our waterways. And as they say a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work.
Sue that small town festival sounds like so much fun, even if all you do is people watch. Sounds like small town America at its best. Brings back memories of when my hometown was only population of 10 to 15 thousand and we were Tomato capitol of the world with a large Heinz tomato processing plant and we had the Tomato Festival each year. My Mom won a blue ribbon and a nice hand mixer one year for her Moms recipe for Marichino Cherry Walnut Torte!
Well guess I need to get up and move. Mel has cooked bacon on smoker today, now has chicken breasts on for later in week, then a bacon wrapped pork loin going on for supper.
Have a good week all.
Velda
So enjoy this last of summer.
At the moment she & son's dog are trying to figure out who is really the top dog. (we all know she is, but Allie needs to understand that too (ha!))
The things we do for grandkids.
