We're having our usual delightful visit with John's cousin Marty and spouse, John. They stop by on their way from their home in FL to their daughter's house in Cincinnati. Their visits are always nice, and way too short - just an overnight. They bring Burt, their well-behaved Springer spaniel. (Plus this time, they brought us a sack of Vidalia onions. Now that's a great goodness!) Marty and John always take us out to dinner - and tonight, we went for barbecue. That's always SO good, and the portions are huge, so there's enough for dinner tomorrow.

They're going to be leaving early in the morning, heading out so Marty can get fitted for a new saddle. I didn't know one got "fitted" for a saddle, but obviously that's the case. She does a lot of riding at their ranch, and needed a new saddle. Seems like there are a number of places around here that still hand-craft saddles. We learn something new every day.

At least I hope we can learn something new every day. Wouldn't it be terrible if we didn't - or couldn't - or WOULDN'T?!

The sky turned dark again this afternoon, and there was thunder, and orange and pink and red splotches on the Weather Channel radar. Our county and those all around us were under severe thunderstorm warnings and watches. And we got the usual - enough isolated drops to wet some of the pavement, but not enough to wet it under the tree cover. We're going to be turning into the Desert Southeast before too much longer.

Today's picture is of the Abo Mission, part of the Salinas Missions National Monument in New Mexico. Jean says I need to be posting more photos of my paintings. Maybe I can get some taken tomorrow.