AUGUST IN THE NORTH

August has arrived, the Sunday of the summer.
86+ degrees, 96% humidity.
Hotter tomorrow.
But no rain.

We will water the garden and remember how it used to be cool in the North.
Well, we tell ourselves that it was anyway.

This is not the way it used to be we will say.

And we read that the Lakes, the Great Ones, that is, are warming, prematurely.

What to think.

Cycles? Climate change?

Or no one knows.

You pays your money and you takes your chance.

We have been North the last two days. Voted absentee in the primary.
Dear Wife sees to it that we do some of our duties.

She does all of her duties.

Today a quiet day, art class for Granddaughters in the morning, swimming in the early afternoon.

And then salmon dinner with good friends in the evening.

And speaking of a salmon dinner…please visit a journal item of a favorite site:

http://breathless-expectation.blogspot.com/2008/07/fresh-salmon-smores.html

Fellowship; food; a beautiful and bountiful river; good friends/family; and the Good Lord.

Again, as a Dear Friend used to say, “How sweet it is.”

Granddaughters are with us for a few days.

Yesterday was the trip North.

Today was art class, swimming, games, and their second night of the visit.

So much is happening Downstate and in the world.
So much to know about – to think about – to write about.

And so much to do.

God give us the strength and desire and ability.

It is so easy to lose oneself in The North.