Summertime

Nice day to start the summer. Beautiful warm and sunny. Lovely 4.5 mile walk before the heat. Sitting on the screened porch catching up on email. The spring was relatively uneventful but somehow the days were full and sped by. My husband and I made a quick trip to Sarasota FL to clean out our condo and put it on the market. Having not used it for 6 years ourselves it was time. While in Sarasota we 1. ate in a restuarant for the first time since March 2020 2. went to a Tampa Bay Rays baseball game (Yankees vs Tampa) 3. drove around looking at different styles of living- condos, gated communities, etc. Our book group finally met in person in June to discuss Songs of America

. I had not finished the book but find it very interesting. A little slow in the beginning (too much like a historical text book) but after the first couple of chapters it became an easier read. At least it wasn't about the pandemic or racism. Those seemed to be our themes this year. We all agreed that next year we needed to have more diversity in our selections. It was so nice to get together and actually see one another without masks (all of us are vaccinated). Sadly our discussion was not as long as we spent more time "catching up".Did do a little bit of baking. This bread is a recipe from the NYT - delicious.

. Have started playing golf and pickleball (outside) again. This has been a fabulous year for the flowering shrubs. Our rhodies and azaleas were spectacular!

Currenlty reading The End of Men- fictional story of a virus that kills only men. Very interesting and riverting.

About halfway with my Goodreads challenge this year.