Another Warm Day

Well, what a wild and crazy day...  I had a good time with Miss Rosie yesterday morning - she wanted to walk on Sumac and it made a nice break in our routine.  Boo didn't want to join us in the Snow back yard as some of the sprinklers were on, but Rosie and I were visited by multiple butterflies and a flock of house finches.  I was a relaxing morning.  The sky looked very hazy, and I found out that the wildfire burning near Four Corners (actually in New Mexico) had spread to cover more than 17 square miles, and the southwesterly winds were bringing the smoke and particulates from that fire with them.  People with breathing difficulties were being warned in several  counties to be alert and aware of changing air quality.  Then there was that incredible set of twin tornadoes in Nebraska.  The storm-chaser videos of that natural disaster were phenomenal.  And very frightening.
  We only hit 88 degrees yesterday, and thanks to the fact that I keep my thermal curtains drawn in the morning, and open them in the afternoon, the apartment stayed pretty cool for the entire day.  At least the tile floor was cool for the entire 24 hours.   It's 8 a.m., and already the inside temperature is 75; and we're expecting a high of 88 again today.  I've had blueberry pancakes for breakfast, taken my medications, and am getting ready to go walk Rosie .  Lovey and Nedi are outside, Bob is sitting on the patio, and Erwin is on the sofa.
  And in the 1920s, more than 80 textiles were removed from excavations in Peru and taken, by collectors, to Sweden.  One of the textiles will go on display this week at the National Museum of Peru, having been repatriated to its original country.  The piece on display is a 2,000 year old burial shroud and is made, primarily, of alpaca wool.  This Paracas shroud consists of 32 frames with depictions of farming scenes and deities, and is called the "Calendar Shroud."  (I'd love to be able to see and study it!)