Just a quickie

I'm taking it easy on the blog-writing for a while. Just doing that to give me time to do other things. It's been quiet since I wrote last.

Today's the day we are visiting a "nature" park about 75 miles away. (LOL: I almost wrote "mature" park. Not with my passengers along!) It's got critters of various kinds. My wife and son and camera are coming along--photos in a few days.

The big news here is twofold: (1) The rodeo is coming to down late this week. (2) So is the first extended hot spell. We're getting into the low 90s late this week. And that means the house will be quite toasty (outside of the bedroom with the room air-conditioner).

I close up the bedroom about 9 p.m. and turn on the AC unit. By the time she goes to bed at 10:30, it's a lot cooler. But it's noisy. Hard to settle down to sleep with the noise. Elsewhere upstairs (such as the room where this computer resides, it will be in the mid/upper 80s, even at night.

But you've got to understand that we get hot spells like this maybe a week or two each year. So a more extensive climate control system would be a waste of money--at least until the climate changes more than it has already. So, for a week or two we'll sweat and make do various ways. (I strip way down. My wife, of course, just suffers in her clothes. We're by ourselves, you know.)

I've also got to order a movie for my mom. She's doing well. Moved to a different room and now is rooming the best friend she has made at the nursing home. I'll be seeing her later this week.

Next week, we have a high school football camp in town, and the fall sports scene is starting to stir. Late in August, it gets real busy again.

Oh, we have sunflower developments, too. Photos to come. Maybe even some cowboys, too.