just too darn hot . . 102 degrees
i'm doin' nothin'. just noth'in. maybe an air conditioner would be worthwhile . . i could be knitting, or planning out next year's schoolwork . . or going through all the junk on top of the loft bed . . but, no,i don't have an air conditioner . . so i'm sittin' at home suffering with my pets. i could go to a cafe . . but jack and the cats have to be separated and when you close the doors off between rooms there's no air . . no breeze (even with the fans, it's so very stuffy). so i'm sittin' at home with them and sweatin'. jack, as you can see, is panting. (i actually gave him a bath at 6:30 am this morning. his paws have a terrible case of a yeast infection. i bathed them and his ears with medicine, washed him with leftover cat shampoo - poor dog - and wrapped his left paw in gauze to try and keep him from licking it, and to try and keep some of the blood off of my rug. i think he's a little better. i'll bathe them again when greg comes home this evening).
xena takes refuge on the cool tile floor of the bathroom.
madeline lolls around in a dark corner of morgana and chanda's bedroom.
she's still got energy to stretch and pretend to be crrrrraaaaazy cat.
hermione lays around on the dresser in korrina's room and follows me with only her eyes. nothing else moves. i used to be able to read in this kind of heat . . when i was younger . . i remember reading ursula le guin's earthsea trilogy when i was 15 years old during a heat wave! i sat on the bed in my room and read all three books. now, if i went and sat on the bed and tried to read, i'd fall asleep. fast.
it's too hot to even cook tonight, though the humidity is less than yesterday. we'll have yesterday's leftovers and some of the pretzel baguette with german tilsit and bierkase. i was at schaller and weber's last weekend when morgana went to her ballet class, and was happy to find some good cheese and knackwurst. the knackwurst is all gone, but there's still some cheese.
it's the kind of day for hanging around under an ancient and large tree, drinking fresh mint tea, or lemonade, or a beer, and talking with friends. now i'm thinking of the movies viva zapata, or the magnificent seven. haven't seen those in ages. what great movies.
i'm doin' nothin'. just noth'in. maybe an air conditioner would be worthwhile . . i could be knitting, or planning out next year's schoolwork . . or going through all the junk on top of the loft bed . . but, no,i don't have an air conditioner . . so i'm sittin' at home suffering with my pets. i could go to a cafe . . but jack and the cats have to be separated and when you close the doors off between rooms there's no air . . no breeze (even with the fans, it's so very stuffy). so i'm sittin' at home with them and sweatin'. jack, as you can see, is panting. (i actually gave him a bath at 6:30 am this morning. his paws have a terrible case of a yeast infection. i bathed them and his ears with medicine, washed him with leftover cat shampoo - poor dog - and wrapped his left paw in gauze to try and keep him from licking it, and to try and keep some of the blood off of my rug. i think he's a little better. i'll bathe them again when greg comes home this evening).
xena takes refuge on the cool tile floor of the bathroom.
madeline lolls around in a dark corner of morgana and chanda's bedroom.
she's still got energy to stretch and pretend to be crrrrraaaaazy cat.
hermione lays around on the dresser in korrina's room and follows me with only her eyes. nothing else moves. i used to be able to read in this kind of heat . . when i was younger . . i remember reading ursula le guin's earthsea trilogy when i was 15 years old during a heat wave! i sat on the bed in my room and read all three books. now, if i went and sat on the bed and tried to read, i'd fall asleep. fast.
it's too hot to even cook tonight, though the humidity is less than yesterday. we'll have yesterday's leftovers and some of the pretzel baguette with german tilsit and bierkase. i was at schaller and weber's last weekend when morgana went to her ballet class, and was happy to find some good cheese and knackwurst. the knackwurst is all gone, but there's still some cheese.
it's the kind of day for hanging around under an ancient and large tree, drinking fresh mint tea, or lemonade, or a beer, and talking with friends. now i'm thinking of the movies viva zapata, or the magnificent seven. haven't seen those in ages. what great movies.
This is exactly how we felt today. We went onto campus in the afternoon to escape the heat for a while. Our cat Julius was gone all day long, I don't know what he did, but he probably found himself a shady spot.
ReplyDeleteI feel so sorry for poor Jack. Did he get a yeast infection from the heat? Love your cat pictures.
Peter mailed the natural history book for you today. I wonder how fast the mail is, sometimes mail within one's own state can be incredibly slow.
By the way, what are you doing about teaching NYS constitution and government? We haven't done this so far.
Wishing you a cool night.
hello eva, i was wondering how julius was doing! he's lucky to have your town to wander around in. i'm sure he found a cool place to escape the sun.
ReplyDeletei think robert ward's book _New York State Government: What it Does, How it Works_ is very good and quite detailed, while being personable. (http://www.amazon.com/New-York-State-Government-Rockefeller/dp/1930912161/ref=dp_ob_image_bk) I like how he begins the book out on montauk at the state park there, and then takes it further to imagining government workers taking care of all our state parks for all new yorkers.
i didn't do a whole lot with korrina for state government. she knows quite a bit about city law and immigrant conditions (and a lot about the triangle fire, which ward mentions, as we've visited the tenement museum often), and we talked about the court system, and visited the downtown buildings. with morgana and chanda i'd like to study more about our local assemblymember, deborah glick, and our local senator, tom duane, and how they campaigned for their positions (i remember shaking hands with them years ago when they were running for their offices), what they do in their positions, and what a day in their life might be like. i'm always receiving flyers from them about the work they do for the neighborhood, city and state, and i would like to point these flyers out to them, and encourage them to read them. right now, they're blissfully oblivious.
governor cuomo supposedly has a weekly webcast for students. i don't know of any homeschoolers that have signed up for it yet. i know it's offered to schools . . http://www.governor.ny.gov/AlbanyAtWorkRegistration
this website looks interesting: http://www.kids.gov/ . . and i like florida's state website for kids: http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/kids/ . . it talks about the history of the capitol building and past governors, state symbols . . it's a great little website! (greg's family lives in florida, so it would be fun for us to learn about this)
here's a website for nystate: http://assembly.state.ny.us/kids/ . . and here: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kids_room/ . . it, also, talks about past governors, state symbols, state history, and counties. i'm always amazed at how vast upstate new york is! when i was a child, my parents were always taking me on excursions upstate to gilbert lake state park, cooperstown, and corning. i felt familiar with upstate. it would be nice for the girls to become more familiar with it also. we need to go camping more often, which is what i would do with my mom and dad.
of course, the best is to visit albany, and tour the state capitol. we actually did this years ago when the girls were very little. we also visited the new york state museum, which i loved. have you ever been there?
do you have any other ideas for teaching nys government?
Thanks so much for the info. I will look into the source you mentioned. I put a few books on hold at the library. When I get them, I'll let you know if they are any good.
ReplyDeleteI visited Albany about 20 years ago, before I was married. I have never been to the New York State Museum. Too bad Albany is quite far from here. Maybe when Flora is older we could go there.