sunday around 5 pm

We just had our 2nd annual 56th street ice cream social sponsored by my wife the neighborhood block captain. Both young and old were in attendance. The youngest was Brian and Lynn's son Henry who is 13 months old, the oldest being Martha who exact age we are unaware of but she told us once that she got married in 1945.
It was a very pleasant day for the event, warm and sunny but not humid. The past week the weather has almost been like fall. The event ran from 1-3 pm but most people showed up around 2 and we were out in the driveway until about 4.

Watching Henry the 13 month old was interesting. I have no children nor any nieces or nephews so being around kids is a rarity. There are few youngsters on the street, aside from Henry the only other children are two elementary school aged kids whose names escape me at the moment. My mother once told me that I did not learn to walk until I was 18 months old. I watch Henry amble about confidently albeit with support from outdoor furniture and chairs and wonder what I was doing at 13 months. Was I that clumsy or did I just love powercrawling around the house.

Currently my 3 cats, Bindi, Stanley and Sophie are circling the basement posting themselves by my chair as according to their estimation it is supper time. It's funny watching them all scramble down the basement stairs in unison, Stanley the most hyperactive one skipping through the air and landing ahead of another cat to get to his food bowl as they make the descent. Alas, Master Bart is not ready to feed the young beasts as the hour of 5 pm has not yet struck.

Our book club has chosen Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" for this month so I will get my copy from the library this week and read it over the fourth of July weekend.