Yesterday's weather? Cloudy, rainy, with a high of 73! I baked cookies and ate soup for lunch.

It was a stay-at-home day, with Ray gone to work. My Dad was here for a while in the morning and Sky came over for a bit. I was on the computer most of the time, trying to get my emails down to a manageable amount. Yes, I have 12,000 emails, after deleting a bunch of them.

Ray came home, we ate some leftover pork roast, with peppers and onions, and sauteed baby potatoes from the garden, which is doing very well, thanks to the rain and my Dad's attentions. I mostly admire it and harvest and come up with ways to eat it. The green beans are superb, small and fresh, with butter and salt and pepper. We had asparagus, too.

Then it cleared enough for us to jump in the car and drive to Sandy Creek Park, where they had telescopes set up so we could see the transit of Venus, a once-in-a-lifetime event, except that if you are born today, you can live to be 100 and never see it. Nonetheless, watching it is just above watching grass grow. I sat in the car and read things on my phone, while Ray stood around talking with other people who were as interested as he was. My back doesn't like standing much. Becky came too and we talked some with Becky Horne, whose son Nathan just graduated from law school. I looked at Venus three times and it had moved very slightly every time. Becky even managed to take a picture with her phone through the telescope!

We drove to the Melting Point, where my Dad had just finished dinner. Ray ordered dessert, I had onion rings and a kahlua and cream, while he had a tropical drink--pineapple juice, rum, curacao. We were there to see a Canadian group, but there were two young women, sisters or even twins, singing folk/bluegrass. Lots of Everly Brothers. The Canadians were apparently the week before. My Dad is sure the paper made a mistake. I did not check, so reserve judgment. It felt somewhat decadent to be listening to music and eating and drinking on a Tuesday night. We left about 9 and had time to watch a couple of game shows before bed.