Air Fryer bread

 I made peasant bread in my air fryer today! Perfect!

 

Scopes Monkey aTrial Re-enactment

 A re-enactment of the Scope's Monkry trial was performed in Bryan Park in Salem today. For those who are not local, William Jennings Bryan was born in Salem, Illinois and ran for president three times, also lost three times. He was the prosecutor in this case. Scopes was accused of teaching evolution to his students, which went against the Bible. He was defended by the famous Clarence Darrow.The trial was eventually held outside as it was July and extremely hot. It was the first trial broadcast nationally on radio 100 years ago this month. As soon as the play started it began raining and rained for an hour and a half. The rain ended as soon as the play was over! Me and my dear friend Teresa Dalton sat in the rain under an umbrella and got drenched. Everyone else stayed too. We then went to El Patron for some delicious Mexican food. We had a nice long visit. Quite the interesting day!

 

July Red Hat meeting

 Had lunch with my Red Hat sisters today! We played sharades, played (sang) patriotic song games and had a great time as always.

 

Pink and purple sunset

 I know I post a lot of sunsets, but this one was exceptional!

 

What a beautiful sunset tonight1

What a beautiful sunset tonight!

 

Trip to Farmer's market

 Made a nice haul at the Effingham Farmers Market ngham Farmer's market today!

 

Lightening bugs

 A few lightening bugs that I managed to catch as they were signaling to their contenders. There are really lots of them right now. They didn't cooperate very well with my picture taking...Anyway, it sure is quiet around here since our young people were put on an 8:00 curfew after some of them were damaging property around town, including breaking a huge plate glass window on our large antique shop. Shame on them!

 

Red shades

 Excuse the hair, it's hot and I don't care, bet you didn't know I was a poet. Anyway.....I love these red sunglasses! That is all.

 

 

Summer Solstice

 

Red Hat lunch today

 Had lunch with my Red Hat sisters today on this Friday the 13th! We played flower Bingo, were entertained by Pat Born Hill and had a fun time together, as always!

 

My little craft shed

 

Strawberry moon

 I tried to get a photo of the strawberry moon, but there were clouds...anyway it was very pretty.I tried to get a photo of the strawberry moon, but there were clouds...anyway it was very pretty.

 

 

It's such a beautiful evening..

 

Happy Birthday, Sylvia

 Happy Birthday to my beautiful sister-in-law, Sylvia Erickson McKelvey today! Love you and hope   you're having a great day!

 

Biscuits

 Whipped up some homemade biscuits today. It's been a long time since I've made any, but they sure are good!

 

Happy Birthday, Darren

 Happy 53rd birthday to my son, Darren Holsapple today! Love you so much! Have a wonderful day!

 

Lunch at Bandanas

 After an afternoon in Lowe's, Menards and Walmart, finally time to eat brisket at Bandana's!

 

Nutella no bake cookies

I made Nutella No-bake cookies today (no peanutbutter). There were a lot more, but before I could get them cooled and off of the cookie sheet, Bill had sat down with said cookie sheet on his lap and a glass of milk, need I say more?

 

 Another grandson graduating from high school tonight!

 

 All of my plants are happy we got some rain last night!

 

Girl's trip synopsis

We just got home from our Girl's Trip to Paducah, KY. We started out with a gift bag from our friends Sally Boyle and Kristy Hertel. On our way to Paducah we had a scavenger hunt, having to take photos with our pink flamingo and random objects, products, people and animals. I did not put all photos here. Our car team won. After a lunch of Pizza, we spent the day shopping downtown Paducah. Supper was at Big Ed's Buffet. After returning to our hotel, it was time for game night. We started off by playing, pin the crown on the flamingo, followed by Flamingo Bingo and ended with Scattergories. A bedtime story was read to us by Kristy Hertel. Much later...we went to sleep. Today we hit Goodwill and had lunch at Patty's 1880's Settlement. After spending time in the village, we headed for home. THE END.. Many thanks to Sally Boyle and Kristy Hertel for planning such a fun trip. My face still hurts from so much laughter....and I am tired.