Weather report: HOT! See video for a reminder of just how hot...
Yesterday: Our niece and her husband, our daughter and her family, my sister, and Don and I had a BBQ. Bad timing. The temperature, hovering at around 100 degrees with a high humidity, chased us indoors. I joked, as we sat down to a dinner of hamburgers, corn, and watermelon, it was the first time we've ever eaten a picnic at our dining room table. Loved the company though.
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| Our lovely niece and darling grandson meet for the first time. |
Day before yesterday: My sister, daughter and her kids, and I showed up at the local spray park. (Us and everyone else in town who has little kids.) Ian ran through the sprinklers with both joy and trepidation. Jamie sat in rapt attention watching all the commotion. When we got home we held a hot tub party. This photo is about as priceless as it comes.
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| Hot tub party |
Book-related stuff: I finished one book this week -- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. Click on the hyperlink for my review. // I'm reading one e-book -- Breathing Lessons by Ann Tyler. It is a past Pulitzer Prize winner and I'm wondering why. // I'm listening to one book -- We Are Not Free by Traci Chee. It is about Japanese Internment during WWII told from the point-of-view from several teenagers. It is a fresh take on a tough subject. // Book club this week we discussed The Exiles by Christina Beker Cline. It is about the penal system in England in the 1850s where prisoners were sent to Australia, a penal colony. Another tough topic. // Good advice. Please don't dog-ear your pages...
Want to think about something besides how hot it is? Try this video (1 minute long) of a table tennis match from 1979. Don't worry if you don't know Dutch. You'll understand what is happening.
Having trouble finding a word to describe the heat?
-Anne
WE are pretty lucky here in Michigan. Not sweltering, scorching, smothering, scalding, steaming, sizzling, or stewing in our own juices. Just mildly hot.
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For once, we are reading several of the same books. Loved The Gour Winds, and I Agree with your assessment of Breathing Essenes. I always read books about Japanese internment with a personal interest, but also with the realization that my half Caucasian mom dealt with some pretty harsh treatment from the Japanese during WWII. It makes me sad that we spend so much of our energy on hate and division.
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Can you tell I didn’t increase the font before I published? Sorry for the blind, non edited response. I have new glasses coming soon. 🙄
For once, we are reading several of the same books. Loved The Four Winds, and I agree with your assessment of Breathing Lessons. I always read books about Japanese internment with a personal interest, but also with the realization that my half Caucasian mom dealt with some pretty harsh treatment from the Japanese during WWII. It makes me sad that we spend so much of our energy on hate and division.
I thought you were being creative with your word choices. Are you doing okay in heat? Miss you!
DeleteIt's hot here in St. Louis, but the worst part is thunderstorms in the forecast all week long.
ReplyDeleteSounds like it's even hotter by you than me. Love the photos.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a great week!
Sounds like you had a great time with your family! The heat is hitting us here in California too. Looking forward to cooler weather! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI saw that the temps were very high up in your part of the world. We are supposed to get some rain this week and that will pull us down into the 80s. We always have a nice breeze here, and that helps us tolerate the heat and humidity.
ReplyDeleteLove the hot tub party. Little kids are fabulous.
I had to send the bookmark comic to my book club. My sort of humor.
Yeah it's blazing hot in Alberta. Good grief it's awful. A whole week of like 95 degrees ... in Canada ... something is wrong. I think I need the kiddie pool. have a cool(er) week ....
ReplyDeleteI live in the tropics. Its hot here all year around.
ReplyDeleteSuffocating here in Arkansas. I don't know how these cats stand laying outside in it but when I open the door and ask "Don't you want to come inside with the air conditioning?" I just get glared at for disturbing the nap. Sorry, wanted to make sure you were still alive, kitty.
ReplyDeleteIt's been so hot lately, more so than last year I think. Sounds like you had good fun with your indoor picnic.
ReplyDeleteI read the Exiles and thought it was pretty good.
Sounds like you've had a horrible week of heat. I will stop complaining about our low 80s weather!
ReplyDeleteLove the table tennis video, super fun.
I'm glad to see the last of this heat for the time being. It looks like you got creative during the heat wave! Hope the rest of the summer is cooler.
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