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How could anyone read when Taylor Swift andTravis Kelce are getting married
I might be joking but here on the other side of the world it seems surreal.
And the same to you, Lesa. We went out just long enough to watch the parade of tall ships yesterday, but otherwise stayed in the air conditioning to avoid the brutal heat wave.
We actually have a real John Deere tractor! Definitely not a city person.
Just a nice, sunny weekend here in Switzerland. I went for a four-mile walk with a friend this morning in the countryside, and now I’m home, working in front of the fan at my computer and taking breaks to read on our shady balcony. Almost time for another break!
Wish I could have seen the tall ships, Jeff.
Ww first saw them – including at least a couple of the same ones – 50 years ago during the Bicentennial, Kim. Jackie was particularly impressed with the sailors (many of them women) perched several stories high atop the sails. Definitely not for me, as I decided when I read THE LAST GREAT GRAIN RACE by Eric Newby. Just the idea of climbing the rigging on a big sailing ship in the middle of the ocean can make me queasy.
Enjoy your shady balcony! I do envy that.
I remember seeing the ships on TV fifty years ago, Jeff. So beautiful.
Thanks, everyone! It was a lazy day here, but I read an entire book. But, I enjoyed checking in to see you’re watching tall ships (and I wouldn’t climb the riggings, either, Jeff), sitting on balconies, catching up on THE wedding. And, MM. John Deere is where it’s at!