Another cool Saturday morning

Up and dressed and the temperature still was at 69!! So we went off to the farmers' market again for some home grown veggies  and fresh baked bread from the Mennonite ladies booth!!

 Then Bob spotted a booth with  home made jams... and it was a jar of "traffic jam" that caught his taste buds !! Traffic jam seems to be a mixture of all sorts of berries! The vendor said it made the best peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!!

 My tomato purchase means tomato, lettuce and bacon tonight!!

The market seemed to be even more diverse and full this morning ( than last week!)

Nice to have it cool and to get out of the house... though Bob had to go out again for batteries. My blood pressure machine wasn't working. Was I dead? No it just needed new batteries! 

Today's weather is just right... slight sprinkles every so often and the high is currently 79degrees!! Much better than the days  of high 90's to over 100 degrees!!

RAIN!!!!

 Woke up this morning to the sound of rain... the road side gutter is flowing with water and it's a lot cooler. It has rained steadily since .. the temp is a lovely 69 degrees and 10.16 am!!

I am surprised that I don't hear groanes of pleasure from all the plants and trees! 

Later... I went to the grocery store for my daughter's birthday cards! It was quite empty so the checkout lady was happy to see me and could stop standing around for awhile. 

Stupidly I left the cards in the cart and had to go back to the store..no harm done and they were there!!

Temp still low!

Getting out

 We decided that we really needed to "get out' of the house ... and since today is Saturday that means the farmers' market in downtown Blue Springs would be open starting at 7am!  So as soon as we were dressed (etc.) we headed out!

The Farmers' Market has really grown since the last time we went... Lots of vendors with everything from veggies,  roasted coffee, cookies, dog treats, honey, a Mennonite bakery vendor, soaps and finally an A T & T booth!! We came home with bags and bags... even an Armenian melon/cucumber.

I texted my sil who is Armenian for hints and lives in Chicago... no hints but said it was delicious.

The huge tomatoes will be great for BLTs !!  The raspberry sweet rolls were breakfast!

So.. we were able to get out of the house and be back home before it got hot... this afternoon we hit 100 degrees!

still hunkering down

 We are still hunkering down... the temps reach 98 every afternoon and no rain so far. 

With the current covid news here I have started wearing my mask again when out for groceries. The number of cases had gone up but not hospitalizations... Today the newspaper said that had changed. Luckily we have has both shots and both boosters but all sorts of people ( like Pres.Biden) have too but are now testing positive.

Well.. we are finding things to do here at home !  I went to Wal-Mart for groceries and a huge bag of fiberfill... more bears on the way!!

summer's version of hibernating

 Bob and I have decided to hunker down inside.... it's just too HOT. The temp is currently 98. We do make a few quick trips out... when necessary ... like to the library, grocery store, craft store or quilt store.

Indoor projects that have been postponed are now being completed.  I am working on bears for the fall's upcoming shows. Bob has been going through his stash and getting ready sell things...plus we have been doing lots of reading!!

Local charities have been getting ready to provide backpacks and school  supplies for children who need them ( and their parents can't afford to supply them). There is also a charity that provides shoes.. new ones... also for needy kids.

My daughter's non-profit is one of those who provides  school supplies... "Operation backpack"  . She has been looking for "deals" and ordering enough supplies for all the backpacks her non-profit needs..... and she has asked Bob, myself, her sister, nephew etc to help get those supplies into the back packs!! Lunch will be provided for all the volunteers ( we won't be the only ones, that's for sure!)

Here's hoping it will lots cooler on August 4th!!

Too hot plus great 4th get together

It really has been too hot to get much done on my daughter's deck. We have gotten the bad flooring boards replaced and done a lot of scraping ( getting ready to paint)  but have not managed to do much on replacing the deck railings....one hour outside is just about it. We have had days and days of high 90's.

But... we did get the deck ready for a 4th of July get together... all cleaned.. rugs put down ( temp... back up for painting later) My daughter made loads of different salads.. wonderful turkey burgers for Bob to grill... and I made a huge strawberry shortcake at the  request of younger daughter for her July 3rd  birthday instead of cake !

With all that heat people went back and forth... eating or talking on the deck and then cooling down inside with air conditioning.. the dogs did the same thing!

All around us people were setting off fireworks... the really loud ones made the dogs jump!

After we divided up the leftovers we headed home...we could see lots of fireworks along the way !

After the last few HOT days... everyone, including the dogs, has decided to postpone the next work session till Thursday!!  Hooray!!