**&#% August

This is no big news, but it has been very sultry and unpleasant in our hometown for the past couple of weeks. We haven't been sleeping or eating well at all. Jean was in such heat-distress that he could only manage this for dinner the other day:



We sought refuge in Pennsylvania this past weekend, where we filled up on air-conditioning, fresh corn, and large helpings of pie (cherry and peach, in order of consumption.) But I'm not going to lie--it was steamy there too! Witness my attempted pic of Erv's prize project:



That's it on the right, behind the condensation on the lens. It's a fun little craft, a kind of hybrid catamaran/rowboat with a comfy padded seat and a long glide, known around Penn Lake as "Erv's Contraption."