“Life is a sea of vibrant color. Jump in.”
Today is like yesterday, hot and humid. The sun is out for now, but the clouds will be back. It is one of those days. The strong breeze is still here but infrequently. Thunder showers are supposed to come tomorrow. I have my AC blasting, and the house is wonderfully cool. I am not happy about having to go out later, but I must. The car is filled with dump day trash.
When I was a kid, I loved to color. Every Christmas I’d get a new coloring book and a new set of crayons, always Crayola crayons, in my stocking. The number of crayons in the box went up as I got older. The colors got more complex. My first box had 8 crayons. My last Christmas box of crayons was given to me when I was an adult. It is a collector’s tin with 72 crayons in one box and 8 crayons in a reproduction of the first box. All eight crayons were retiring colors like maize, raw umber, orange red and lemon yellow. I didn’t know colors retired until then. I never noticed what was missing nor did I notice when new colors were added. Colors like vivid tangerine, jungle green, cerulean and fuchsia were added, and the new boxes got bigger. The count now is up to 120 crayons. Just imagine finding that box in your stocking.
Crayons were so valuable that we almost never threw a piece away no matter how small the crayon. New boxes came with crayon sharpeners, but they hardly worked for me. We used to keep all our crayons, whole and stubby, in a communal cigar box. There were crayons of all colors and lengths. The shorter the crayon the less we knew about it. When crayons got sharpened, usually with a knife of sorts, the paper was torn away. By the end, there was no paper. Where had fuchsia gone? How about apple red? Nope, the crayons were now simple common colors like red and green and yellow. Subtlety was lost on us.
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July 18, 2021 at 4:42 pm
He Kat,
The sky is partly cloudy and we are at 93° with a predicted high of 95°. I just got out of the pool and I’m sitting on the patio and replying to your post. :-).
Last night the Rangers and the Blue Jays were rained out in Buffalo and today they scheduled a double header. Guess what, double headers are now only seven innings per game and a pitcher can’t be credited with a no hitter in the shortened games. Another rule change for the pandemic which I’m sure will not go away. Let’s change the game to fit the TV schedule better and blame it on the pandemic. 😦
On Friday night Jonah Heims, of the Rangers, got to play a major league game in front of his family and home town fans in Buffalo New York. Thanks to the pandemic and the Canadian border rules. It’s interesting to see the minor league park in Buffalo adorned with Canadian company’s advertisements. Maybe there’s a Tim Horton’s coffee shop in Buffalo. 🙂
July 18, 2021 at 5:46 pm
Hi Bob,
The sun was in and out all day, mostly in, and it was a hot day. I went outside for just a short time with the dogs. It was too hot so I went right back inside.
I didn’t remember that new rule about double headers. The Sox have had only one this year because of an earlier postponement. I suppose I noticed it at the time and have since forgotten.
Games can get overly long. The Red Sox have had some really long ones. Their longest playoff game was seven hours, 20 minutes.
The Blue Jays can finally start playing at home. The government came them permission to come home. They too have been playing in Buffalo.
July 18, 2021 at 6:46 pm
You are correct the Blue Jays will begin playing again in Canada on July 30th. Of course they start a ten day road trip on that day. 🙂 The Canadian government gave them a “Special Interest Exemption” to the border rules. They swept the Rangers in Buffalo this weekend.
July 18, 2021 at 10:26 pm
That was a tough way to start the season:in a designated home ball park in a different country. With all the new covid cases, I hope it will stay open so the Jays can cross the border and still get back home.