I know I spend a lot of time discussing the weather on this blog, but seriously, when it is close to 100 degrees for nearly a week (and doesn't cool off at night), there really isn't much else to occupy the mind except how hot you are. My husband seems impervious to heat. (Personally, I'll take cold over heat--you can always put on a sweater, but you can only get so naked...) The man sleeps under the quilts when it is 85 degrees in our bedroom at night! I'm drowning in salt and sweat and he's blissfully asleep under the covers. Go figure.
(click on it to embiggen)A newly renovated playground just reopened in our neighborhood--less than 2 blocks from our house! It has a great play area that has something for little kids and big kids, and has a wonderful splash ground, all courtesy of the city. The splash ground sprinklers come on at 11 a.m., which is a little late in the morning for us, but I took the boys to play there on Tuesday and had a lot of fun. Our sitter took them this morning and they had a great time again. It might just be our new go-to place, since it is close, has some shade, and water for splashing. I'm quite excited about the whole thing as the other two playgrounds in our neighborhood aren't as nice (and don't accommodate a range of ages as well) and are a bit of a pain to get to when the heat is high (and one is very pregnant!)
Today's card is one that I showed my mom how to make last week while we were visiting. She wanted to learn a bit more about brayering, and had suggested learning one of the Open Sea cards I've been teaching to my brayer classes, but given the limitations of luggage and traveling with two small children, I had to limit my supplies. I designed this card knowing what ink pads and papers she had and went from there. Plus it needed to be a card that would take less than a hour to demonstrate. I really like how it came out, actually! I tweaked the final design a little and added the score lines around the edge to create a frame and I like it better, I think.
(click on it to embiggen)
Today's card is one that I showed my mom how to make last week while we were visiting. She wanted to learn a bit more about brayering, and had suggested learning one of the Open Sea cards I've been teaching to my brayer classes, but given the limitations of luggage and traveling with two small children, I had to limit my supplies. I designed this card knowing what ink pads and papers she had and went from there. Plus it needed to be a card that would take less than a hour to demonstrate. I really like how it came out, actually! I tweaked the final design a little and added the score lines around the edge to create a frame and I like it better, I think. 
that playground/splash pad sounds really awesome! And that card is very cool too!
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