Daisy and Bonnie Dee in the sprinkler on the hottest day of the summer (thus far). Note the lack of swimwear. It was just that hot.
"Can we go outside?" Daisy asked.
"Sure, for a minute until Miss Joy comes for Bonnie Dee." Stepping out on the porch, though, was a shock. It was awfully hot. The plants in the yard were suffering. I dragged the sprinkler out and got it set up.
The water when it hit the red bricks instantly evaporated.
They played. Leo sat on the steps until Joy came down. Then he picked up my glass, a Kerr jar (our cabinets get filled with jelly and salsa jars all winter and spring, and then empty out as I start canning again. By late September we have, like, 3 drinking glasses left). He drops it with a shattering crash that makes Joy jump back. The big pieces are easy, but there are tiny shards. I grind them into the concrete step with my foot, thinking of the rabid dog passage from To Kill A Mockingbird, but also of the They Might Be Giants song about the elements: silicon and oxygen make concrete bricks and glass...
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