Thursday evening open thread

 

I'm back from Prince Edward County, with two pairs of cheap, freshwater pearl earrings ($20 each; how could I say no?)

We had a power outage on Tuesday, from about 3:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, which wasn't a lot of fun, so we spent part of the day driving around, because the car had a/c. Even with the power on, their central a/c didn't really make it to the second floor, so I asked for a fan on the second night, which made sleeping more comfortable. 

We heard that a large truck took out 3 electricity poles, and we were trying to figure out how, and we theorized that it may have hit the middle pole, and when it went down, it pulled the ones on either side with it.

We saw some Canada Day fireworks last night at the edge of the little lake a block from where they live, and fireflies too. And we went to a little local parade.

It was 36 C/almost 97 F at the intersection when I got home (a dentistry office has the temp displayed outside) . The house was several degrees cooler, which isn't bad for almost 3 days without a/c (I turned it off when I left), and since I've had it running for about 3 hours, it's very comfortable here.

How is everybody else?