Our weather is back to normal

Taken this morning from the front porch

Although this last year we had a terribly hot and dry summer, our weather now has returned to its normal temperatures, and I hope it will be a long time before we have another summer like this past one. Take a look at this picture taken in July and compare it to the one above; you'll see what I mean. We don't usually have day after day of sizzling temperatures and no rain. Although it's normal for our lawns to turn brown in the summer, it usually doesn't start until mid-August. This year our lawns were crispy brown by the end of June! But they have once again returned to their normal lush green. Those trees are only now beginning to turn color: I do hope they'll have lots of nice red and yellows for me to enjoy.

I saw another wonderful movie this past Sunday, Bridge of Spies with Tom Hanks playing the part of James Donovan, who negotiated the exchange of prisoners during the U-2 spy plane scandal in 1960. After I saw the movie, I read about the incident and found that everything, or almost everything, in the movie was based on fact. Tom Hanks is obviously going to be nominated for another Oscar, so that means that he and Matt Damon (from The Martian) will take of two of the coveted five spots for Best Actor. They are both outstanding and I highly recommend both movies.

This week I also ordered the book on which The Martian is based, read it already, and enjoyed it thoroughly as well. I learned where the movie and book deviated, but I can understand the changes they made in the movie; it did stay true to the spirit of the book in any event. They don't always, you know. Now I'm off to the library to pick up a book I put on hold. Life is pretty full right now.
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