It was such a beautiful morning that we took a little longer walk than usual. There was nothing pressing that had to be done at home, so we just took our time and enjoyed the weather.

After breakfast John spent most of his morning raking up broken limbs and dead leaves in the yard. Actually, he raked the dirt. With the extreme drought and heat this summer our grass is completely gone leaving only dry, powdery, dirt in its place. We found the house to be very dusty and dirty on the inside, so this morning I started washing some of the windows and got the front door cleaned up. The dust was so thick on the glass that when I sprayed the glass cleaner on it and started to wipe it off with some newspaper, the dust actually turned to mud. I had to go over the glass several times to finally get it sparkling again.

John wanted to play golf again, so following lunch we headed back down to the Par 3 course. Today's game didn't go as good as yesterday's, but that's the way it goes--one day good, the next, poor. On our way home we decided to stop in to see our friend Ralph Ramsey. He had a new fan that needed to be installed, so while we were there, John put it up while Ralph gave direction. From Ralph's we went next door and visited with Dave and Valada who just returned home from a month in Mexico. John T. was also there, so we were able to touch bases with him, too.

We got home just in time to start supper and enjoyed a very quiet evening watching The Biggest Loser and working on the computer.