bonfire in back yeard
leslie marie
contrary to what most school children believe, summer does not begin on the day school is dismissed for summer vacation. confusing, i know, but summer usually starts around june 21 or 22 on the summer solstice.
all the holidays in belle are mostly appropriated by sis's relatives and friends, so we thought we would have a summer solstice party. granted it is fairly close to the fourth, but it was the best candidate for a get together in the month of june. we decided to have a burning of old financial papers party in the back yard, so the party started at 8:30 and went till all the papers were turned to ash. it went well, with some people bringing a box or two. it is either burn the papers or shred them and the cheap shredders only take one or two sheets at a time.
after the solstice, a raced out to california to be with my daughter who was having a baby. the drive through south dakota, wyoming, and western colorado was great. utah and nevada ....well, not much to say. the worst though was the drive from las vegas to los angelos , especially since it was a sunday night. lots of dead and resting cars along the way to go with the slow and go traffic.
leslie marie was born on monday evening, june 30. since she was tiny, she has to be in the hospital till she gains a little weight, but she is working on that mightily. mom gets to come home earlier.
that is all the good news, and the really great news. the bad news is i had to put dennis my buddy cat asleep, and the other bad news .... i think there is something wrong with the brake on the front right of my mini. urgg.
