We had the windows open again last night--it was great and makes me want to bake bread!

Yesterday morning I made pancakes with blueberries. They were delicious. I spent about an hour out in the garden; the weather was nice. I made tomato soup to freeze, using up all the plum tomatoes, but then I picked 20 more. We have a guard spider in the tomatoes, so there are a few that are not getting picked--one of those impressively large yellow and black garden spiders. I know she is doing good work protecting them against all kinds of bugs, so I don't want to disturb her, even if it means losing a tomato.

Ray and I went to the Fellowship and it was pleasant. There is a different, more relaxed feel in the summer. There was a young family who came for the first time and I thought, they might be a replacement for one of the families moving away.

In the afternoon, I put away my cookbooks and tidied some, while Ray did the heavy cleaning of the bathroom and vacuuming. My parents arrived about 3:30 and brought some wine. Several people came to discuss the American Dream in a house meeting for Move On. One I had met at the Fellowship and three new faces. Janna and Ron were there briefly. Ray stayed in the other room, working on his class, after all his work preparing! Linda brought delicious chocolate chip cookies, and I put out some veggies and dip. We offered water and wine. It was a little challenging, following the prescribed script and procedure. People mostly cooperated. After two hours, we had identified everyone's top ideas, but we didn't have a local action plan.

At 5:30, there was a Kenney Ridge meeting and Ray went to that. I followed along after my guests left. There was still some food for me, but I missed the dedication of the community center. There was a song from the UU hymnal I was planning to sing...May nothing evil cross this door...The community center is very pleasant. There were children and adults eating and talking and wandering around in a daze. It is really nice, lots of windows for watching kids playing outside. I think you can see Bill's pictures of it here. Two dishwashers. No plastic utensils or anything else. We are planning to have potlucks there every week, and talked about a dinner club too. There was a fussy new baby and several of us sang her to sleep together. It was very relaxing. Then we went home and watched a few shows and went to bed.

I am having blood work done today for my physical later in the week, so no breakfast for me.