It's a hot, muggy . . .

Ryan Newman won the race and his boss came in second! We have really good seats now, almost on the start/finish line and in the shade ten minutes after the race starts, one, an aisle seat to boot! I finally ate to my heart's content last night on our return to Merrimack. It felt so good to have a Margarita too! First alcohol in about a week. To a-glass-of-wine-a-day person that was not fun! I ended up taking myself off of the Cipro because I suffered some adverse reactions to it especially on the third day. I expect to hear from my APRN today to see if I will have to go on something else. But I am feeling so well I weeded the garden, picked beans, cukes, squash, watered my potted outdoor plants and did a wash! Puppy's Pop has already mowed the lawn and is in Oneco mowing his flying circle on the side of the Town Hall! Looks like we might be getting some thunderstorms soon. It's very humid and cloudy.

Saturday, after supper we went to the Horace Greeley Park in Nashua so I could walk around and marvel at the beautiful community gardens. As usual I met a nice lady who was working diligently pulling weeds and cutting back plants. She was lovely, ungloved, barefoot and reveling in the dirt! The gardeners only pay $20 a year for their plots and the city provides water and tills it. Great pride is taken by most and many of the gardens are manicured but some people plant and never weed! We also got a chance to watch a Puerto Rican softball game. That was a hoot! As I walked around the back side of the gardens which is pretty dense with bushes and trees I heard a banjo picker practicing. What a neat place to have a home.

I was so tired last night I was out cold at 8:30. Slept straight through until early morning. We had a super breakfast at the Residence Inn. I was impressed with the choices and the goodness. I don't usually like the food put out by hotel chains but this was exceptional. We'll certainly book our suite there for the 2012 Lenox 300. Kiddo is in the swamps this week. Expect he'll give us a holler tonight and let us know what new stuff he saw.

Quote: We read history through our prejudices. __Wendell Phillips