Picked some more blueberries and had them with granola and milk for breakfast. yum. Also blackberries are falling off the bushes and onto the ground, because it's too hot and humid to pick them all. Walked the dogs out to the mailbox; Cameron has hurt his foot. He was fine at first and then about halfway started limping, holding his left hind foot up while he walked along. Halfway home, he sat down for a while. This started a couple days ago. He ran off after a deer and came back limping. The Captain has examined his foot and didn't find anything obviously wrong.

I made some ginger cookies from one of my make-ahead cookbooks. You mix them up and roll them into balls and freeze them to bake later. So they are ready to bake if we have any days that we want to turn the oven on.

Then it was time for Pilates--only 5 of us this time and Cathleen was in our class! That was fun. Then a quick visit to the farmers' market (they close at noon). We got onions and scallions, potatoes, bread and some grass-fed ground beef.

Lunch: iced tea, fresh bread from the market (multi-grain baguette from Luna), a little salami and cheese and tomato from the garden, as well as corn on the cob (from the market)! yum.

Then Vanessa and I went to the mall and she bought two bathing suits. I tried on one that looked okay, but it was $93 for the top and $45 for the bottom! I didn't love it that much!

A little later, Ray and I zoomed downtown. It's Athfest, but too hot to stand around outside and listen to music. We did go to a screening of Pushin' Up Daisies, a local movie with some of our friends in it (Kelly, Allen, Lisa). It was quite funny and strange; a faux-documentary shot in Crawfordville and Washington, GA, involving zombies...

Then we rushed home again to pick up the Captain and Vanessa. We went to the Land Trust fund-raiser at the Botanical Gardens. It was really nice and we knew a lot of people there who chatted with us. Hors d'oeuvres from Farm 255, wine from Gosford Wine (Cabernet Sauvignon was delicious). My favorite entertainment: the silent auction. Sometimes I have trouble finding things to bid on, that are good values and I like them. This one was great, lots that I wanted that was a good bargain, although as the night went on, most of my things got bidded up too high (which is good for the organization). One thing I don't really understand, why people would buy a $75 gift certificate for $100...I know it is a way to help the cause and a compliment to the donor, but I don't really get it. I did get a week at Amelia Island for only $1000 and 2 nights at Tybee! Oops...hope I can still pay the mortgage in a few days, bad timing.

When we arrived, there was a lovely piece of green fabric hanging down from somewhere near the ceiling (which is very high at the botanical gardens). I thought it was part of the decorations, but no, it was part of the entertainment. Two different "dancers" climbed up and twisted themselves around for our amusement, in time to live music. It was quite amazing and this picture does not do it justice.

We left before 10, a reasonable time, and slept well.