Nice day!

After yesterday's torrential rains, it's so nice to have a sunny and clear day. It's official - our area got so much rain in July, it set a record. In the 183 years of weather record-keeping, July 2009 is the rainiest. What is going on? I guess that's what global warming means for the northeast - getting drowned out.

This afternoon JD and I went across the border to a little town in Vermont, where a fundraiser was being held for a soon to open hospice house in my town. They had a great crowd. It was classic Americana: the grounds of this organization (Woodmen of something or other)has a cute bandstand, and there was a choral group singing songs like Amazing Grace. A local community band (which was very good) followed. We had a barbecue chicken dinner prepared by the local Fish & Game Club. There were little kids playing in the grass, and it was just lovely. I felt like I had stepped back in time 100 years. And all for a very good cause. The hospice house will open in September, and I'm planning to buy something for it. They're registered at Target! So it's easy to see what is needed, and there are items in every price range.

Tomorrow I'm going with my new riding instructor to look at a horse that I looked at last year. It's a long trip - almost 2 hours - for us to drive to the Chatham, NY area. But this horse, a nice 6 year old reg. QH gelding, is now free to a good home. He's a little big for me, and a little too energetic, but he's very willing and I think would be a good lesson horse for my instructor to have at her facility. And he would get a good home. It looks like we'll be driving in the rain - once again - but we'll survive. The area we're going to had catastrophic flooding the other day, after it got 5" of rain. It will be interesting to see the conditions there. I'll get to see my friend Cheryl, who I have not seen in months. So I'm looking forward to a good trip.