August 6, 2012 And a Good Time Was Had by All

A beautiful end to a perfect day.

Sunday's temperature was 84, but none of the fourteen of us minded.  We were too busy with good food, good company and lots of laughs.  Another successfull Rose Camp BBQ and Potluck.  (And, yes, we slept in this morning.)
RJ and Sam came to breakfast Saturday morning and it was a heart warming reunion.  They were both at the BBQ on Sunday so we had a lot of time together, but really not close to long enough.

I went Down There on Saturday for groceries.  It was 94 and the air conditioning in my car does not work.  That says it all.  When I came out of the last store I noticed a small dog in a car near mine.  I simply cannot believe people would do that!  I called 911 then tried to get our dogs' water dish in through the slightly cracked window.  It wouldn't fit but I tried the door and it was not locked.  So I got the adorable little long haired Chihuahua out and waited for the police.  She arrived shortly and put the dog in her air-conditioned back seat to await the arrival of the Human Society.  When he arrived, he took the temperature inside the car and it was 112!!!  The owner never did show up while we were there, but coming back to an empty car and a ticket is a lot better than finding a dead dog.  I cannot describe the rage I was feeling.  The penalty for what they did should be to sit in their hot car for 30 minutes and not be resusitated. . .  I would have love to keep that cutie for myself, but Dinga would have thought it was a squirrel and it probably would have ended up as an eagle or coyote dinner.

Now it's back to work.  At least it is and overcast 65 this morning with a delightfully cool breeze.  We have a sink full of dishes to be done and electrical wires to be run.  The lumber for the great room will be delivered Wednesday, hopefully.  The forecast is for thunder storms beginning today.  We'll see how the road is by then.

Kathleen Jarschke-Schultze has written another great article in the August & September issue of Home Power.  It is entitled "The Code of the West" and ought to be mandatory ready for anyone moving from a city or town to the country.  And they should have to sign it, acknowledging that they have read it.  It is pure common sense, but that seems to be in short supply these days.

Thought for the day:  Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.  Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi