Hot, Hot, Hot....

Hot and humid, 95 with 87% humidity today with the forecast of even hotter temperatures predicted for the next few days. Hit lower 90’s last for days Reminds me of the summer’s nights as a kid in the upstairs bedroom at 568 Elm Grove Dr. Nights when it was so hot and the air so thick I could not sleep.

Not a lot to write about since the storm that ripped through on the 17th . I’ve been cutting up downed tree limbs for the past couple of weeks. Working for two to three hours most mornings, and on some afternoons, I’m 70% complete. A water department employee who is an expert at tree trimming will, sometime in September, come to cut the hanging limbs out of the trees for me. Then I start all over cutting and burning what comes down. My neighbor’s huge Cotton Wood tree, actually it was three large trees that grow out from each others base at about a 45 degree angle to the ground, fell destroying a swing set in the process. I feared that the massive tree would fall onto kids who often play in their back yard. I had prayed that the one section would fall in a strong wind at night when no one was there.. Seems my prays were answered. No one hurt, yet. One of the original three trees remains upright. Not for long though. Using a bobcat my neighbor piled the very large sections of tree trunks and started a fire that should burn into next year. The fire is burning the base of the last standing tree. When it comes down is any ones guess.

Wendy, Kristina, Tiffani, Echo and Connie are at a baby shower for Kristy Riley. Cody and I are hanging together tonight. We went to see “Superman Returns” and then to Silver Lake restaurant were I introduced Cody to Pot Stickers. Cody likes them plain, I like my spicy hot.

Kris is getting the kids ready for Camp Edwards this Sunday. She spent some time today shopping for clothes and shoes. At lunch time today Tiff announced to Wendy and I that “from now on, I’m a vegetarian, except when I’m at camp. I love Camp Edwards fried chicken!” Funny, I say pretty much the same thing right after I finish shopping for clothes.