We celebrated Independence Day by saying goodbye to Amelia. She took some basil and other herbs. I picked more tomatoes and a few more berries. The mornings are quite pleasant for a couple hours. I made potato salad, but I decided not to put in the mayonnaise.

We picked up my parents and went to swim in Becky's pool. It was lovely and cool. She had snacks for us: drinks and chips and carrots and dips. We all really enjoyed it. It began to thunder as we were leaving. We took my parents home and went on to Le'Ann's, where there were many people, most of whom we had known a long time ago, including ther two children, now adults. There was lots of good food, but we were all crowded in the house because of the rain and it got pretty warm in there. It was great to hear her talk about teaching with Janna, although a little depressing. I told her I would come volunteer in her class when she needed me and she said she would call me. We were home before 6 and had time to sit around for awhile. I ate some leftovers and a little frozen yogurt. We watched fireworks on TV (and Steve Martin playing banjo) and went to bed early.