vamysteryfan | The heat wave has broken

At least for now. It's been cooler and breezier. I've gotten more energy back.

Some friends and I went to a literary costume ball at the Library of Congress. It was a hoot! People took their costumes seriously. I saw some amazing outfits. I went as a character from John Kerouac and two of the others were Jane Austen characters. Of course the Library is beautiful but the music was really amplified by all the marble. It made it very hard to hear. It was a fun offbeat thing to do.

We had the usual birthday party for the September babies. My niece has started her first year of teaching. She's actually teaching fourth grade at the elementary school she attended. She puts in long hours . We had an end of summer feast: hamburgers with every conceivable topping, salad, potato salad, fries, with cake for dessert and s'mores over the backyard firepit. Fun!

And I made it to the farmers market for the first time in ages. I got the last of the summer corn and peaches, tomatoes and peppers. I splurged on fresh eggs and homemade peach jam.