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2018 July 12 Thursday in Grimes Iowa 88° Good group at the senior center today. We had turkey and gravy with mashed potatoes, peas, dinner roll, and an orange. Then a trip to Walmart for a couple of household items. Yep, it got warm today. Actually a bit warmer than than our other home inContinue reading “2018 July 12”

2018 July 11 Wednesday in Grimes Iowa 80° to start with. Gonna be a hot one! And it was with 92° that felt like 115. Does to 85° at 9pm that feels like 94. And the heat advisory for tomorrow predicts it will be even hotter. No pictures of the coffee group this morning butContinue reading “2018 July 11 Wednesday”

2018 July 10 Tuesday in Grimes Iowa 75° and hazy morning with 95% humidity. It was still 81° at midnight so not much cooling overnight. I think the air conditioner ran all-night. The predicted heat indices put us in the mid-to-upper 90s all day long. It reached a high of 92° I don’t know whatContinue reading “2018 July 10 Tuesday”

2018 July 09 Monday in Grimes Iowa 68° with cloud cover in the morning. The sky cleared and it reached a steamy 91° just after noon. At 10 PM it was still 84° that felt like 91. Sitting on the patio this morning I watched a young robin. As it hopped along the ground. ItContinue reading “2018 July 09 Monday”

2018 July 08 Sunday in Grimes Iowa 62° to 85° From morning to night a day of rest. Visit my daily devotions blog. https://musingsdevotions.wordpress.com/ And my sermons blog http://thomasewilliams.blogspot.com/?m=1 All content (except quotations) © 2018 Thomas E. Williams _________

2018 July 07 2018 Saturday in Grimes Iowa 62° and clear before sunrise. 77° by noon. Coffee with the gang at the Cutty’s Fireside Cafe. Topics of the day: 4th of July, illness & injuries, Card Jackpot, Bingo, and dogs. No major world issues were settled. However, on the plus side, no new world issuesContinue reading “2018 July 07 2018”

2018 July 06 Friday in Grimes Iowa 61° and hazy. I felt a little hazy myself this morning. I woke a little before four. I laud there for a long time trying to not be awake. Finally, I slept, only to wake again at six feeling more tired than I was at four. I droveContinue reading “2018 July 06 Friday”

2018 July 05 Thursday in Grimes Iowa 71° to start. Topped out at 87° and still 82° at sundown. We had about a quarter inch of rain early early this morning. I was outside early this morning working on a tonneau cover for the pickup. I got the first prep party done and came inContinue reading “2018 July 05 Thursday”

2018 July 04 Wednesday in Rhodes* Iowa 76° and clear made for a warm start to a hot day. It reached 93° that felt like 110°. And was still in the, 80s throughout the evening. We drove to the giant metropolis of Rhodes Iowa,* to celebrate the Fourth with Ella’s first husband’s family. Does thatContinue reading “2018 July 04 Wednesday”

2018 July 03 Tuesday in Grimes Iowa 70° and mostly clear to start the day. 90° (real feel 96) by noon. Got to 95 mid afternoon and still 90° at 9pm. First thing I did this morning was to load the entertainment center into the pickup. It looks like too big of a job forContinue reading “2018 July 03 Tuesday”