august 14, 2007

Have you seen any meteors yet? I have been out twice around midnight of late. Although the sky was crystal clear and the Milky Way was incredibly beautiful, I didn't spot any shooting stars. Honestly, it is difficult for me to stay up for it. Funny while I was reading the new Harry Potter book, I was burning the midnight oil every night. What a great book! The ending was perfect for the series too. I haven't seen the latest Harry Potter movie yet. I don't get to the movies while I am here in Hartford often. I see many movies in Richmond though. My sister and hubby and I just returned from one of the weekly free concerts. This one over in S. Glens Falls. It is getting cool now and the sun sets earlier. It was great music though.

I went biking today. Took a different route south on route 40. It was a great ride. I took a few pictures too. We need rain here now. The corn is way over the eye of the elephant but it is turning up begging for water. My friend has two families of wild turkeys with their young hanging around. Today as I rode, I spotted a dead coyote by the road side. He looked very large with a healthy coat.
I am still looking for a small house in this area. I may have found one. More on that later.

Sebastian is getting a shampoo and a trim tomorrow. I get my hair cut on Thursday. We usually end up having our hair cuts right around the same time. My family is going to get together on Sunday for a picnic. The weather looks like it will be in the 70's which will be nice. The weather always changes up here in August. Nights cool way down and the days are crisp but warm and dry.

I went to Cambridge NY on sunday to see my granddaughter ride in another horse show. She did well in the heat. She is a lovely rider. Then on Monday, I drove to Hebron, NY to watch another granddaughter take her riding lesson. I have three now who seem to be following in my "stirrups". It makes me very happy to see them taking up riding. I was self taught until I was in my forties. Then i began to take formal dressage lessons. I read everything I could, listened and watched others since I was a small child. These young girls are very lucky to have the training available to them.

My grandson who is in the Army Corp of Cadets at VA Tech made it through his course in Air Assault at Ft. Knox. He came home with his wings and feeling good about what he had accomplished. 20% of the class dropped out in the first two days. Heat of over 100 degrees and the tests the Army throws at the cadets plus living on MRE's would not appeal to most of us.

Here are a few shots---- Oh! I just ordered a new camera so I will have a telephoto lens once again for those great close ups. My camera is almost always with me.