Hotter than a horse's back under the saddle

Pretty dang hot! The only refreshing thing I could think of to photograph today was the water coming out of the hose. I guess I should have taken some pictures yesterday while we were at the pool. It's usually nice there, but it became very humid after a cloudburst dropped a quick rainshower and the sun came back out. I was leaking embarrassingly from every pore and had to take refuge under the air conditioner at Goodwill while the kids got their swim on. All this occurred in Sweetwater. There is no public pool or Goodwill at Hobbs.

If you'd like to look at some truly refreshing photos, Ricky Niell has some nice ones on his site, taken in Whittier, Alaska. There's snow in these photos, something to take your mind off all the sun outside your window.

Some items of note: Three years ago this month George Maule died; Rachel (Rasberry) Halstead recently opened her hairdressing studio, "The Salon", in Sweetwater; Randi Etheredge made South Plains College Dean's Honors List for the second time.

Here are some online sites where I found news relating to Fisher County this week: Topix: Articles & Obituaries; University of Texas Libraries: Francisco Xavier Jacques; agriLIFE: Wildlife Predator Awareness. Sometimes it's hard to figure out if they're writing about Hobbs in Fisher County or Hobbs in Bell County, or, of course, Hobbs, New Mexico.

I watched a documentary a couple of nights ago called Other People's Pictures and I was really taken with it. They examined a few different categories and my favorite was photos with the photographer's shadow in the foreground. It was very interesting when they showed several of these photos one right after the other. Although there were photos from different years and locations, it seemed like it was the same photographer's shadow in each print.

I'm selling some Hobbs Panthers yearbooks on ebay, so you might take a look. And to look at some other local ebayers' goods, just go to the right on this page and click under Fave Ebay Sellers. If you like Avon, check out Georgie McGough's online catalog, also linked to the right. Shoot, just go through and click on all the links to the right!