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Teach Your Children Well

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Oh, the irony.

Elixir

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It rained today. Over an inch of rain fell. It's not enough to alleviate the severe drought we are in this year, but perhaps it will green up the lawn a bit.

Finery

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Yesterday, Ali and I, after a late start, got out of the house to enjoy a hot but beautiful day.

I wanted to visit the Lexington Cemetery to see what I might find in their gardens to photograph. There wasn't much left this late in the season, but I found a couple of interesting flowers to shoot.  We took more shots of head stones and statuary than anything.

We left there just minutes before the gates were locked, and on our way back through downtown we stopped for the Festival Latino de Lexington. It was taking place at the Courthouse Plaza on Main Street.

It was quite an event, with booths set up to represent all of the various  countries represented in Lexington's latino population. There was good music, dance, and food. Both of us took lots of photos.

You can see my photos of the event here, and Ali's photos here.

We both still have more photos from the cemetery, and general shots of the downtown area, to process and upload. We'll try to get those done today, but it is another beautiful and sunny day, so I doubt we will spend much time indoors today.

Remembering

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Sun Dial

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Cockpit

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Ali and I bought a new car last Friday. It's a 2007 Honda Civic LX.

We've needed a second car since she moved here, and we finally bought one.

We still have the 2002 Jetta, but plan to trade it in soon for another new car. The Jetta is out of warranty, and is becoming a maintenance nightmare. It spent the week we were in Washington in the shop, and cost me $1200 plus for repairs.

We are still trying to decide what to replace it with. We've talked for some time about buying a pickup truck or small to mid-size SUV for the utility they would provide for hauling things like furniture and garden supplies. The Honda Element seems like a pretty good fit.

But last night, while we were out to dinner with the local Drinking Liberally group, our friend Elle suggested to me that the Civic was now our 'sensible' car, and that the second new car should be something fun. Like a convertible.

She went on to tell me how much fun her Miata convertible is.

And, those of you who read Mike's blog, know how much he loves his new Miata convertible.

What to do? What to do?