August..

I am not happy with this weather, not one bit.  We have not even had to install the two window air conditioning units this summer.  And we rarely even need to use the ceiling fans.  I like being able to garden for a couple of hours, sweat my butt off, then jump directly into the pool.  It just has not been that hot.  I need 90+ degree days!  I guess that's why I haven't played much music too.  Music and mood and seasons all go together for me and this summer has not been normal.  However, yesterday was Duran Duran Appreciation Day, and so I played a bunch.  There is just too much to play in one day, so I will continue spinning the vinyl today.  Such fabulous music....  My kids know all about this obsession... One dad even found some Duran Duran pins at the dump two years ago and gifted them to me!  I squealed like a little piggy...

A cousin from Italy is here.  My parents are picking her up in NYC tonight.  She took an engineering workshop in Detroit and has added some time to her trip to visit with family.  I thought she might have picked up more English since the time I met her, but mother said no.  Fabulous!  That means - hopefully - that I can learn from her.  I want to learn enough to speak some, not just hear and translate in my head.  I have been trying to learn Hungarian, really trying.  But it is so damn hard.  When they say it is one of the hardest languages to learn, they are not kidding.  Oof....

I have been back to doing some art.  Art Day with my friend has motivated me.  I cast some bugs in resin, have been taking pictures with a medium format film camera, and have some ideas buzzing around.  On top of all that, I started the genealogical research again.  It all started with dinner with the in-laws.  Hubby's mom mentioned trying to look up some Irish relative from the 1800's.  Naturally, I offered to look her up.  And one thing lead to another, and I currently have five tabs on my computer open for her Irish stuff and my Hungarian stuff.  It is so much fun, but also like finding a needle in a haystack.  So if I ever need to change careers, maybe genealogical research?