Lazy Saturday

Nightime at our home with the dim solar light to help us get around in the front yard.

Last night we went outside and looked up into the dark sky to see the international space station cross overhead. It was on schedule at 8:18 PM CST. It was a little overcast so we didn't see the bright light until it was overhead. Then the bright light popped out of the clouds and it was fun watching it move very fast across the sky up high with the stars, until it was out of sight. What an experience. I cannot imagine living on that space station.

I will be glad when it is cool enough at night to take a cup of hot tea outside and sit in the swing arbor with Jim and look at the stars and listen to the night sounds. I'm glad we don't have any dogs in our neighbor to bark and ruin the quiet, peaceful evenings. An occasional car goes by but not too often after about 7 pm.

Jim went to a community men's breakfast at 8 A.M. where men from the local churches all meet monthly at one of the churches for fellowship and food, and occasionally a speaker.

We did odd chores throughout the day including spraying the climbing roses with a mixture of water, baking soda, and Ivory liquid soap to combat black spot disease. This mixture coats the leaves and the fungus spores cannot grow. This happens when it is hot and humid and you have to spray weekly to keep your roses from losing their leaves and eventually they will die. It seems like something always need spraying; either for aphids, powdery mildew or fungus.

Back to reading my book, Immaculee Ilibagiza's book "Left to Tell". It's so good.

August 4th was a good day and will soon be history.