OUR LATE SUMMER HEAT WAVE
We've enjoyed a lovely, mid-80's kind of summer. Warm enough for summer squash and what promises to be a good tomato crop. At least until now. It's currently 105 degrees out, with a few more days of high temps promised. It's being compared to the summer of '81 when we had four or five days of 105 and 107 degrees. I remember this well because I was about 8½ months pregnant and we didn't have air conditioning. A few months ago I signed up to have my small quilt group to lunch with the idea that it would be mid 80's and we could sit outside and enjoy the late-summer breeze. Instead we lunched in the house and ate Grasshopper Pie and ice cream for dessert. No matter what, it's always great to spend time with these good friends. My Wanderer's Wife quilt is almost finished. The binding is on and I'm hand sewing it down this week. I did buy a stitch-in-the-ditch foot for my machine and it was so worth it. This quilt is so busy that the aim