I woke up this morning startled by what sounded like a waterfall right outside my window. They had warned us for heavy rains and thunder yesterday, but nothing could have prepared me for the tropical rainstorm that yanked me out of my sleep, turning the skies black and the streets unfriendly. I have the luxury of working from home, but hubby has an hour trip to his office and my teen bikes to school. I was worried silly, though luckily it cleared up on time for them to make their journeys dry. Now I’m only hoping that will also be the case when they return this afternoon. It’s almost July for crying out loud! Someone bring back the summer!
In the meantime, I try to fool myself into believing it’s sunny and warm by cooking ‘summery’ food. Like the delicious potato salad I made yesterday to go with lemon-thyme pork chops and a tomato-basil salad.
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