Thu, Jul 23, 2020:  Day 125 of self-quarantine:  Painters are making a lot of progress.  We did a grocery order and it was delivered in the afternoon.  In the morning I printed the insurance cards for the Lincoln and GMC.  When I put mine in the glove box of my car I realized I hadn’t registered the Lincoln yet.  Was due 1/1/20.  I’m always late because we don’t get back from Florida until April.  With the Covid thing and self-quarantining and all, I forgot all about it.  Now I have an appointment next week to get a safety and emissions inspection performed.  Then I’ll hot-foot it over to the DMV to get my registration.  It’s only cost an extra $5 in the past.  We’ll see.  90s again today.  Really humid.  Feel bad for the painters.

Paris

Wed, Jul 22, 2020:  Day 124 of self-quarantine:  Mike and Darwin did their skeet shooting thing today.  The painters are making progress.  Hope it will be over soon and we can get the deck furniture back where it belongs without killing ourselves.  90 today.

Boat Pond at Jardin du Luxembourg - Paris

Tue, Jul 21, 2020:  Day 123 of self-quarantine:  Didn’t do much today.  The painters are still out there doing their thing.  At a snail’s pace.  Lots of rain in the afternoon.  Watched a series on Netflix most of the afternoon.

Paris

Mon, Jul 20, 2020:  Day 122 of self-quarantine:  The painters have started painting today.  We had moved our deck furniture down to the patio, and the painters moved it all to the yard.  Hope they put it back before the mowers come.  Took the Lincoln out for a drive.  Went to Grafton along the Great River Road and back again.  Needed to drive the thing.  Warm and humid again today—but only in the upper 80s.

Palais et Jardin - Paris

Sun, Jul 19, 2020:  Day 121 of self-quarantine:  Cloudy day today.  But really warm and humid.  I only went out once to pick up some sticks that were blown down from the trees during the last storm.  I made a macaroni-tuna fish salad today which was a staple when I was a kid.  Mike loves it.  Played spades with Nomad.  Won 4 out of 4 games. 

Invalides - Paris

Napoleon's Tomb - Paris 

Sat, Jul 18, 2020:  Day 120 of self-quarantine:  Hot today.  Upper 90s with a heat index of 104 or something.  Indoors watching golf and playing spades.  Mike is grilling chicken breasts for dinner tonight.  Talked with both Steve and David today.  They’re both at home recuperating from surgery.  Wonder when we’ll get together with them again.

San Francisco

Japanese Garden

Fri, Jul 17, 2020:  Day 119 of self-quarantine:  They power washed today.  It looked so good when they finished that I didn’t see any reason to pain again—except for the decks.  But they do it every 6 years (I think).  It’s really warm and humid out there today.  On the weekend the heat index is going to 104 to 110. 

Colorado Rockies