We both worked at the Library's wrap-up event for the Children's Summer Reading Program this morning. It was held in the open-air pavilion downtown. It was hot today, but we were in the shade, and there was usually a nice breeze. We were at the Creative Chemistry table where the kids made slime. What great fun! We helped in the "prep area", getting the stuff ready. This is the recipe for this nasty stuff: Put about one tablespoon of Elmer's glue in a baggie; add a drop of food coloring. This is given to the kid who schmooses it up to distribute the color. Then the volunteer adds some water/borax solution to the mix, and it's schmoosed up some more. The stuff sort of solidifies and turns into something like a lump of slick and slimy chewed gum. Yuck! - and, of course, the kids love it. John got the bags ready for filling, and I added the glue.
I didn't take my camera, so no photos from there (sorry, I'll do better next year). We met up with Margaret to trade off stuff. We got a trunk full of goodies from their garden, including my first REAL tomatoes this year. There is absolutely no better eating. Plus she brought summer squash, zuccini, okra, and green beans. On the way home, we went by a Kiwanis fund-raising BBQ sale and got some pulled pork. We will be eating well for a while.
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