Farewell July

Now it's really summer, in the 90s and humid. Le Tour has finished, what excuses will I find not to get things done now? In the garden tomatoes are being harvested, squash and cucumbers too.

Looks like my summer tradition of reading Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene may be broken this year. The tradition seems to have started in 2004, though the Summer Read looks like a more recent trend. My favorite Summer Read of it was on the River boat on the Peruvian Amazon above Iquitos in 2015. Just like the main character Henry, though he was going up a river to Paraguay and there were no 2nd or 3rd class passengers on our spartan ship.

Just too many books to read for the first time. A whole slew of Inspector Maigret to catch up on and piles of books surrounding the bed and getting higher every week.

Current Blooms:

 A Dwarf Heather,  Glenmorangie, Calluna vulgaris, few pale lavender flowers, foliage turns orange in fall.

 A heath, but I don't know the name, from a big box store. There is also another similar, but with lavender and white flowers with the same upright form as this.

 Echinacea

 Phlox, I try to remember to cut them back earlier in the season so they don't get too tall.

Dwarf Coreopsis

Beers in the Fridge:
Nothing new this month. Still have Sam Adams Porch Swing left over from Father's Day get together, that's how much I like them.
Also have Sixpoint Sweet Action, Sixpoint C.R.E.A.M., Boddingtons pub ale, Long Trail Mostly Cloudy and Brooklyn 1/2 Ale.

The Ramones at the Queens Museum

Was dreading the drive and the hunt for parking, but there were no problems at all that day. It was another Grand Day out.

 Got to see the Uni-sphere from the 1964 World's Fair and we all had ice cream.

Saw the Ramones Exhibit.

 and Johnny's Marshall Stack, contract and riders specified straight cabinet  Marshall stack. The riders were interesting, but not as crazy as some other groups.

There were lots of photos and shirts and paraphernalia. This little 3D diorama was neat.

The museum also had a collection of Tiffany lamps.

And finally got to see the Panorama of the City of New York. This scale model of  NYC was also built for the 1964 Worlds fair and has been updated from time to time, though not since 9/11 since the World Trade Towers still stand.

Central Park in the photo above.

  Our house is in the lower right third in the photo above

 And here is the family farm, showing greenhouses #1 - #5 and #6 the largest.
The museum has an Adopt-a-Building program to help maintain the project.

Beers in the Fridge:

Boddington's Ale, a perennial favorite. 4.6% ABV, owned by these guys.

Long Trail Mostly Cloudy. 4.7% ABV 12 IBU. Unfiltered Belgium Witbier style, pleasant. Would purchase again.

Sixpoint C.R.E.A.M. 7.2% ABV 25 IBU. Brewed with coffee, has just enough coffee aroma and taste. Reminds me of cream soda. Would buy again to have lying around. A good way to start the day.