Morning Walk

Six mornings a week Marjorie and I walk at 7 AM--lately it has been 47 degrees at that time so it is very fresh! The other morning a neighbor of Marjorie's came out and took our picture and gave it to us. The hats? We have discovered keeping the sun out of your eyes really is worthwhile...guys don't do it just for looks, who'd have known? 

Rain!

Can you believe, it actually rained and we walked in it this morning and it felt very good. The temperature dropped 15 degrees and the humidity rose 30--feels good and the American flag was retrieved from the front deck and is drying in my bathroom!

My ears are glued to the Israeli-Lebanon situation and I have downloaded more information for my growing portfolio on the mideast crisis and the story of Israel's history. Since I am teaching a lesson this Sunday on the downfall of Israel in 850 BC, it all relates and is interesting to see the way the borders have changed in the last 2800 plus years. It is quite a story but it is so sad what is happening to the civilians...and it will only get worse I am afraid.

The big news is I put a new automatic watering system (actually I had to scan the directions and print them at 200 percent--how can anyone read that small, small print?) onto my front and back faucets and they actually work! I just have to water the trees and bushes I planted and I can actually stand on my decks and handle that with a far reaching hose...yea.

Heat Wave!

I hear there is a heat wave across the nation so I tracked the temperature today--As we went for our walk this morning at 6:30 AM it was 57--As I drove the car in to Hamilton Branch to have the windshield replaced at 9 AM it was 73 degrees--Late in the afternoon I drove into Chester to the bank where it was 94--but as I arrived back home in the trees it was 89 and now at 7:30 in the evening it is 80. My neighbor thinks it is too hot but then his house doesn't have any trees over it (I don't know why the builders cut them all down). Anyway comparing to where the rest of the nation is, it is not bad at all. Of course, it would be nice to have a little rain but I don't see that happening...When we take our walk at 9, it will be plenty cool...I should be dipping in the lake on days like this...hope you all have a cool spot...enjoy.