Mid-June and 52 degrees on our back porch. When will Summer come?
No church today.
Wasted away the morning. Except for a phone call from my son wishing me Happy Father's Day.
It's 3 p.m. and I have Pinot Grigio cooled.
Bern is fixing sea scallops and spinich for dinner. (Which I can't spell!)
Not much to do this afternoon.
So, I playing Hearts on line.
Good enough for me....
We met in college, both attending the Episcopal Service on Sunday evening. We've been friends ever since.
Bern and I visited J. at his room in a nursing home in New Haven. He moved to CT years ago and we deepened our friendship.
I took him communion and he was grateful.
He fell down steps a few months ago and seriously hurt himself.
At one point doctors though he might die.
But he didn't.
And I'm glad.
He may be my oldest friend except for M. who went to high school with me.
Friends are like gold--precious and rare.
I didn't realize until 4 p.m. that today was Friday the 13th.
I'm not a superstitious man. I had a calendar right in front of me, but I didn't realize.
I don't know how the Friday the 13th thing came into being. I'll look it up online.
But don't worry.
It's just another day.
Really....
I went to my primary care doctor for a blood draw. She knows all about my hospital stay and just wanted to check.
Today was as hot as promised--but I'm not complaining. I don't complain no matter how hot it gets. I hate the cold. Heat is fine.
I don't know what this President wants to do. He is dismantling the federal government, taking away health care for those who need it most and planning a huge parade on his birthday.
I used to say he was a 'little' crazy.
Now he's all out crazy.
Tariffs on and off and on again.
Cost of living about to explode.
Our allies are angry with us.
What's next?
Oh, not to mentions cementing in lots of the White House lawn.
Will it ever end?
Today is going to finally feel like June!
It's expected to hit 80 degrees today. YES!
I also learned yesterday that Trinity Church is cancelling Bible Study for the Summer.
So, I have Wednesdays off for 2 1/2 months. Not bad.
Warmth and free Wednesdays are both delightful....
...Bern is always in the back yard doing something.
I think she's weeding, but I really have no idea what she's doing.
But it's intense work.
If it weren't for Bern, our lawns would be forests!
She does all the work and I sit on the back deck and watch her do it.
I am hopeless when it comes to yard work.
I think I'll keep her around. She does most everything around the house.
And when I try to help, it's not up to her standards. Thankfully.
She's a keeper....
I miss the sun. I miss it's warmth. I miss it's light.
A cloudy Monday isn't much fun.
I went and got Brigit's new tag and permit.
I went to the library. A crowd of parents and small kids were every where. I asked the librarian what it was. "Pre-school graduation," she told me.
I didn't know such a thing existed. Graduating from pre-school never entered my mind.
Lots of things never enter my mind.
My mind is like a cloudy Monday.
I went to Big Y to get stuff for dinner.
I also stopped and got some wine.
Cloudy Mondays call for wine....
