When it's HOT

it's HOT....Mom used to say "oh heavens", and now it is OH MY.....how hot is it? will we break the record highs of the 1936 era?We do not like the heat, so we go inside to a/c. How did my parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles make it thru the 1936 heatwave with NO a/c? We can't imagine life w/o air conditioning. Sounds like we are spoiled, but loving it.
Life in Kirksville over the week end wasn't any cooler than home in Iowa and Texas is also HOT. BUT, Texas always has some nice wind to keep down the humidity and make it comfortable. We need rain in Texas, a long drought.
We buried another Iowa soldier today, the 2nd or 3rd soldier to die this month. I am still wondering when our leaders will get off their dead butts and bring home our troops.
I played golf today with my foursome, this is about year 23 that we have been golfing together. Of course, we picked today out, in late June. But, we played a scramble, that takes less time, spent a lot of time in the shade, drank several gallons of water and were happy when the 4 1/2 hour event was over. We shot 4 under par, we are getting ready for the Nellie Open in October...I think it is 3 months until I hit the road to go back south to those Llano Yahoos.....carry on

PS, don't forget your mail carrier, watch for your delivery and surprise them with a cold drink

I don't know

what is going on, I just downloaded a ton of photos on a new post, now it will NOT publish......what's going on?

Every year Ankeny has a big

Summerfest celebration, which is really a big party for my birthday. Once again, I started the slide show backwards, oh well.Notice the little girl in pink, on the bridge on the float? She was hot, tired, overheated and looked like she was going to fall off the float. Where is the adult supervisor? Two youth were injured in this years parade. One injury was a broken arm to a skateboarder. She fell, looked at her arm, it was really bent. She went to the side of the street, sat down, called her mom, cool calm and collected. Obviously, this has happened before. Enjoy the typical IOWA parade, with all those green giants, the sprayer is made here in Ankeny. Carry on.......