Sunday, July 27

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Last Sunday we ran some errands.





Our most recent computer (a Dell) came with an execrable mouse. Not only is it a very uncomfortable shape, but it is verrrrry hard to click. Using it for any period of time made everything hurt, from my shoulder on down. Gack.

One of our stops last Sunday was Best Buy, looking for the Sims newest expansion pack.

They have mice there; I figured it would be a cinch to get a new one.

Hah. The mice were displayed way up high. Fine for six-footers, maybe, but for moi? Hardly. And then the edge of the shelf was sharp. So to see if a mouse was comfortable, I had to reach up above my shoulder, and rest my arm on a sharp edge....

Someone materialized, as they will, to see if I needed help. I told him I couldn't tell if I liked anything, with them so high, and asked if maybe they had a mouse pad, or something, to cushion my arm?

He said no. End of story. No attempt to help me have a comfortable shopping experience.

All righty then.

I told him I would shop elsewhere, and on my way to find my family, decided that I would also speak to a manager and let them know that I came to buy, and was leaving, angry, instead of buying anything.

Harumph!



On the way home I realized it was the very end of the local quilt guild's biennial show.

So I zoomed on over there.

I was still feeling pretty cranky (and ok-mouse-less), and the whole "do I have permission to photograph, let alone blog" thing was just more than I felt like dealing with, so I zoomed through the show (which did have some very nice things here and there), and left.

Flowers. Always ok to photograph!

I have no idea what this is. I thought maybe queen of the prairie, but I googled it and that is not what this is.

Really tall, for a herbaceous whatever!

Update, August 14: I got radical and low-tech and called the community college to inquire as to the identity of this plant (found on the college grounds). It is Joe Pye weed. It is perennial. You whack it off to the ground in the spring, and it grows to as much as 8 feet tall.

Cool.





And look at the cool flowers.





Black-eyed susans.







Our resident foodie made dinner -- chicken fajitas on the grill. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. I fell down on my documentation, and ate rather than photographing. They were very nice indeed.



After dinner, with the grill hot, what are you going to do but toast some marshmallows? (Note all of our high-tech equipment!)









I can resist toasting, but when someone offers me a perfectly golden brown marshmallow, with the center all drippy, well..............





It was a very pleasant evening.





When you are not offered a marshmallow, you have to hunt for your own diversions. I don't know what was interesting, over here, but he was quite intent, for quite a while.





Before we go in, a shot of the petunias in my hanging basket.



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