Saturday, July 22, 2006

Hittegolf

That's heatwave. We've been in the middle of one for a couple weeks now with temps consistently in the 90's every day. Way too hot to sweat over a keyboard describing it... Air-conditioning is a rare thing in this part of Northern Europe and most buildings just open windows and turn on fans. There is a locally famous annual run/walk event in the city Nijmegen in the middle of the summer; two people actually died this year- apparently runners in theirr late 40's who had trained for the event but just misjudged the severity of the heat. We've put a hiatus on most activity, though we have started ripping apart the bathroom for remodeling. James will be a year old in a couple of weeks- crazy. Its amazing how fast they develop into these little people.
Here are some recent photos:

James just up from a nap (yes Mom, he usually wears a shirt but it's 95 degrees...)


Fruit fly trap. yes it works- thank you internet and Australia.


Kat doing her part to inflate our 25 euro pool

Tickle foot.

4 comments:

Dorothy Gould said...

love the new pics, what did james think of the pool, or was that for you guys?

StephB said...

Tickle foot looks suspiciously like cobra toe to me!

Mike Maier said...

Dor, It so happens that we can all three fit in the pool- and we all love it, thoguh it was sweaty work blowing the thing up.
Steph- I have yet to unleash the full wrath of the cobra toe on James but Katharine has felt it's mighty sting many a time; this is certainly a gentler cousin to that fear'd of all vipers. For the moment.

Elizabeth said...

How adorable! I know the pool is SO nice. Glad you can cool off.

I HOPE that was Mike's leg playing Tickle foot. If not, Kat you really need to shave! :)