Hi there!! Have you had a good summer so far? Since I haven't been posting much, I thought I would take some time to do a re-cap of July. First of all, it's unbelievably hot here (for us). These temps. would be no big deal for people in Texas and Arizona, but whew! I even saw that North Carolina was mentioned in the The New York Times yesterday in reference to the heat wave we're having. I'm not a fan of The New York Times, but I get e-mails from them because I play Wordle on their website. Anyhoo, the temperatures have been in the 90's consistently, with the heat index in the triple digits. Aside from this heat wave, July has been a nice month for us. We made homemade ice cream to take to my mom's house for July 4th. We had a cookout, and I got to see my niece's little foster child; I tell you I'm smitten with that child. 😊 I've gotten some really nice fresh vegetables and fruit so far; this has been a good summer for the produce. We're engaging in our annual tradition of watching the Tour de France here. It actually ended Sunday, but we're a few days behind.