We have a heat warning this morning; temperatures could go up to 100 degrees, says the weather people.

I went out early to water the garden. We’ll be gone much of the day. We’re driving to Bishop Gibbons High School in Schenectady to set up some donated sewing machines for the art program, and I’ll be talking with Trish White of the English Department – we have a lot to talk about – books, blog classes.

After that, Maria and I are heading to the Apple Store in Albany. She dropped her Iphone and got a small crack in the screen; something was clogging her recharging plug-in. We’ll figure it out; this is a critical tool for her work.

I don’t like leaving the farm in this heat, but the dogs will be inside, and the donkey and sheep have shelter.

I’m pleased to post the first Mansion Wish List since the pandemic, the Amazon Mansion Arts And Entertainment Wish List, just seven items left.

Check it out.

The photo above is of the last Gladiola flower in the garden; the others have all died, and the flowers are in vases and bouquets. I’ll surely get more Gladiollas next year; they offer some beautiful photographs. I’m replacing them with some equally beautiful flowers for this season.

Color and Light are my passions, and I’ll keep going until the first frost. I am thinking about autumn colors and winter pasture.

A lot of driving today, a lot of heat. We have it better than so many. But I know to be careful out in the sun in this heat. It just melts me.

This coming Monday is my 75th birthday, and this feels like a big deal. This weekend, we’ve reserved a motel room in Williamstown, Mass, and we’ll see a play on Saturday and another on Sunday. In between, we’ll eat some excellent Mexican and Japanese food, sleep, read, walk, and talk.

We’re leaving Saturday morning and returning Sunday. Monday, Maria threatened to take me into Bennington to our favorite ice cream place so I could eat a lobster roll. I like the plans.

More later.