Friday, July 6, 2018

Three Beautiful Things 07-05-18: Scorcher, Relaxing at the Depot, Cooling Off on the Deck

1. We had our first scorcher of the summer today with the temperature soaring close to 100 degrees. While the morning was still cool, I watered the lawns and our modest garden spaces and was very happy to see that our Black/Brown-Eyed Susans are on the verge of flowering and that our Shasta Daisies are flowering and thriving.

2. After I bought food and other supplies for our Friday, July 6th family birthday taco party, the Deke and I took a calendar to the Hill St. Depot. I enjoyed a couple spiced rum Moscow Mules -- I'd call the drink and Dark and Stormy, but at the Depot this drink is made with light rum, not dark -- and we each ordered a smoked tri tip steak and bleu cheese salad. Our plans for the rest of the summer are not quite solidified, but we are getting there.

3. Back home, we enjoyed sitting on our deck and feeling the air cool off by degrees by the minute. As the sun lowered, so did the temperature. It was refreshing and we had good talks about several different things. We are very grateful that Kellogg cools off so nicely, even after a very hot day. We were also grateful that our house stayed reasonably cool today, even without air conditioning. We hope that our current set up with cool air blowing up from the basement combined with tower fans and closing up the house late in the morning will work well as the days heat up.

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