We had some time of opening back up and now things are closing down again. The usual summer activities had all been canceled already and the glimmers of hope that some would return in July have now vanished. But summer is still summer and we are free of school and the out-of-doors is still available. We will enjoy our down time at home and get outside as much as we can without dying of heat-stroke.
You know I love to plant something in those old boots!
These are Phillip's old boots from last year.
The swing is still a hit at our house.
This guy has taken several Sundays to walk by and wave the Texas flag as we hold drive-in church.
We shared Gone with the Wind with the kids last week.
It was the first movie my mother saw in the theatre, and I remember watching it a number of times as a kid. I noticed for the first time how hard they hit the theme of The Chivalry of the South. I was reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court to Phoebe last year. I gathered from somewhere that Mark Twain blamed the length and maybe even existence of the Civil War on the romantic notions of chivalry that the South possessed. A new idea to me that was reinforced watching Gone with the Wind again.
Our internet went out for the weekend. The mall near our home has free internet, so we spent some time hanging out in the seating areas so Phoebe could play Clash of Clans and download books and such.
Neighbor kids are staying in their homes most of the day ~ presumably because of the heat. But they wander out in the evenings to play.
Playing some Slap together while the internet is down.
We visited the Japanese Tea Gardens Monday morning while it wasn't super hot. Very beautiful. Not busy with people. A great time to go, San Antonians!
Jon and Phoebe fighting over who gets to put the last piece in the puzzle.
Well, it looks like they are peacefully working together at this point, but it did get harried soon after this.
Jonathan loves flags.
He bought this one this week to celebrate the 4th.
Harrison made a tank yesterday.
I started this book journal in 2015. I started out planning to read the 100 Best Books. But whose list to use? And what genre? I found 100 Best Christian Books and 100 Best Non-fiction and so on. So I printed out three different lists and would just choose from those. But then I've accumulated a number of literature podcasts that also recommend so many good books. And I joined one of them to do a 2020 Reading Challenge which is guiding what genre I read. So my list of 100 is just what has happened over the last five years. They're not necessarily The Best (who decides that anyway?). But last night I filled in my 100th book. The journal starts with The Book Thief and last night's was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I have many more pages to fill out and I love keeping this journal, so it's a practice I'll continue. I am surprised it took me five years to get to 100!
Phoebe did a 20's hairstyle.
She did so well!
Beautiful.
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