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Positively Positive

8/23/2013

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I just saw that the forecasted high for today is 87.  Those who know me are aware that I am not a hot weather person and this is about twenty degrees above my preferred temps. However before I whined too loudly, I looked at the extended forecast and saw that by Tuesday it's supposed to be 97! So instead of thinking wistfully of the 70s from a week ago, I have made up my mind to remember all day that it is 10 degrees cooler than it will be in a few days.
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Yesterday was moving day. We left Walnut Woods after three relaxing days there and headed to Ledges. One of our favorite things at Walnut Woods is the bird viewing area and made several visits. At left is one of the downy woodpeckers who frequently had lunch there.

On the trip to Ledges, we made a grocery stop and on the advice of Lee Wolf, also drove through Jester Park. Jester is a very large, well-developed county park on the Saylorville Reservoir. The sites looked great and there is lots to do so we will put it on our list of places to go. The fact that it surrounds a golf course I'm sure was not a factor in Butch and Ken's enthusiasm.
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Ledges was filling up already when we got here--a last camping weekend before school? Is it possible that any school district in Iowa has shown enough sense not to have started school yet? I doubt it.

Anyway, it was a great evening with a nice fire and a glimpse of the International Space Station. Today will hopefully include a bike ride on the High Trestle Trail near Madrid and maybe even a laundry run. Ken and Harriet will not be judging at the Nevada contest tomorrow; they will actually be cooking with a team. This is one of the requirements of the Kansas City Barbecue Society to become a Master Judge. Since the cooking process actually starts tonight, we will be left to blunder along on our own.

And tomorrow, I will be doing a book signing from 11-1 at The Book Shoppe at 817 Story Street in Boone. Isn't that a great address for a book store? Anyway, the signing seems appropriate since Ledges is the basis of Bluffs State Park in The Blue Coyote. And tomorrow night oldest granddaughter Brooke, also known as the Princess of Quite a Lot, and her fiance Nick will join us for supper.

One last photo from Walnut Woods above. A dead branch on a gnarled old oak that I thought looked like a Chinese dragon and Harriet thought looked like a deer. Whatever, it certainly was interesting.


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