So I came home and had cherries for breakfast, outside, before the return of abundant heat. In celebration, here is a new painting from Jonathan Koch, who allows me to illustrate my blog with his wonderful paintings. Go buy one here!
Sometimes people collapse in the heat, but you don't expect a building to fall over. Yesterday, though, one did, in downtown Bloomington. A woman was trapped inside a neighboring building but rescued, and the Illinois Department of Transportation came in to inspect the bridge that also received some of the rubble. It's a comfort to know our twin cities have such good emergency and rescue operations in place, ready to go. Thanks to all who helped, and best wishes for full recovery for those injured and stressed by this unexpected event.
Reminds me of when my kids fell over when small and, to help them not get too scared if they were clearly OK, I'd just say, "Fell over!" And we got back on our feet and on with our fun.
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Rescue equipment? What an odd thing to steal. But then again, a few years back, someone took everything out of our shed in order to steal our power washer but nothing else.
Maybe it's the heat?
We've got some extra heat down here if y'all start to cool off up there. :)
You can keep your heat, Sandy, and I trust there will be AC at your reading!
One of the nightmare scenarios for any event down here this time of year is an A/C unit going out. Fingers crossed we will be okay!
We will hope nobody breaks in to steal it.
Pool was open when I drove over to get the kids this afternoon. Weird crimes.
Glad to hear the pool is open, Kim!!
Our pool break-ins usually result in the annoyance of finding all the deck furniture submerged in the deep end. Hope you can back to your laps tomorrow.
Yes, I was hoping this, too, would turn out to be a prank! But apparently not. Even when the campus pool was filled with campus furniture, it wasn't a good situation....
I'm sure we'll be able to swim tomorrow. Unless there's lightning. Tonight we got rain....but not very much.
Wow. Makes me wonder how a building just collapses... I don't think they're supposed to do that! Scary. Think I'd stay away from that bridge for a while, too.
And the painting is gorgeous. How lucky you are to be able to illustrate with your friend's art, and he, to have you showcase it. :)
Thanks, Jayne. I am amazed by Jonathan Koch's paintings. I don't know him at all, just found him through his art. He paints and shows in a gallery in Santa Cruz, CA.
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