Wild Garlic

I always knew that these strange plants (weeds?) growing by our driveway were something. John said that they were onions. After digging one up, I now know that they are wild garlic. I don't know why they are called "wild", other than that maybe nobody specifically planted them there. They are almost like the garlic that I buy in the store, the skin is maybe a little pinker.

I've been using at least one whole garlic every day in my cooking. I wonder if they will get bigger as time goes by, or rot in the ground? I would like to try roasting them.

Illinois farmland

Around the town of Greenville there are large farms. Big field and big sky, locked in a dance of summertime energy. The corn gets taller every day. Large farm vehicles travel on the narrow (lane and a half) roads that weave around these farms.

It feels big to me. Almost like God.

Life in Greenville (continued)

A cold front moved through and the last 2 or 3 days have been amazingly cooler, not humid, and breezy. If the whole of summer could be like this! These are like our best winter days in Florida.

I hesitate to turn on the radio or TV, because the chatter and noise seems almost a sacrilege to the quietness of the days. Children play on the sidewalks, occasionally a car goes by, but I find that a deep silence predominates in the neighborhood. Maybe it is the big trees. Or that there is no major highway around.

I do my chores, go to Curves and the morning Mass, work on my websites and my story about Florida's Felony Murder Rule. Sometimes I take Jubilee to a nearby park for a hike in the woods, or I go to the pool for a swim. An easy (idyllic?) life. It's hard to imagine that more important things are taking place elsewhere.

This is an outdoor "stove" at nearby Patriot's Park. When John and Jubilee found this back door in the stove, John said: "Hansel and Gretal"?

The Montgomery County Fair

Hey, we know her!

Hey, we know them!

summer swimming pools

The forecasters say that it will be 100 degrees today with a heat index of 110.

Today I took John to the local Greenville pool for noontime "adult swim".

Yesterday I visited my friend, Julia, at New Town in Missouri and we lolled around in the Agave Pool.