2020 is Half Over - Whew

So far, we've dodged the bullets of 2020.  No one has gotten sick - knock wood - and we still have a household income and we've not run out of meat.  I'd say we are doing pretty well this year.  Hoping the rest of the year passes just as uneventfully.

We are well and truly into Summer here in the Ozarks.  It's hot and humid and just plain miserable outside.  Last week, we were expecting rain - again - and I looked outside.  Here it is at 9:30 in the morning, almost black outside...

This picture really doesn't reflect what I saw outside...the camera lightens it up so you can see...it was so dark outside, I thought it was closer to dusk than first thing in the morning.  We had a wicked rainstorm, almost 2 inches in less than an hour.  Then the clouds moved off and we had a lovely sunshiny, humid day.  That evening, I saw this outside my studio window.

Again, you can't quite see the majesty of that cloud reflecting the sunset but, believe me, it was spectacular!  

Shiloh came out of his surgery very well.  He was a bit loopy when we brought him home that afternoon, and stepped gingerly for that evening and the next day.  After that, one would never know he'd had surgery at all.  Ah, to heal like a puppy!

Most of the time, Shiloh and the Skipper are chasing each other throughout the house....they rarely are still around each other.  But one day, I looked just past John and saw Shiloh standing in the hallway, with the Skipper winding around and around his legs and under his belly....sweet as you please.  They are a treat to watch - most of the time - and this time was certainly one of them.

Our 4th of July went quietly - well, mostly quietly - over the weekend.  If you discount the fireworks going off after dark and until well into the next day.  I got up at about 3:30 - darned bladder! - and there were still fireworks going off! We celebrated with hamburgers, pasta salad, and fresh strawberries for dinner.  Since it was a Saturday anyway, we had our usual Movie Night - the one night of the week when we three get together and spend the evening watching a movie.  We recently spent almost 5 months watching the entire Marvel Comics series in the recommended order....what a treat!  And if you haven't watched the remake of Jumanji, we highly recommend it, too.  

Our oldest granddaughter, Emily, is getting married in early September in Salt Lake City.   Somehow I am old enought to be a Grandmother-in-Law...how the heck did that happen?  We are planning to go out to the wedding - first taking Mom out to Arizona to spend some time with my brothers.  John and I have rented a car and will drive up to SLC for the wedding, drive back down to Phoenix to get Mom and fly home.  Assuming that the Plague doesn't put a spanner into that plan, of course!  While the dresscode is suits and ties for the men, it has been suggested that her Papa from Missouri might wear his dress white military uniform!  Will see if that still fits.....picture to follow if that happens! 

I saw this meme online the other day....it sums up my thinking perfectly!

Until next time. Thanks for stopping by.