Saturday afternoon/evening blew even bigger chunks IMO. At 8:15PM I saw on the tube that there was a tornado warning for Hampstead (my home)at 8:00PM. That might have been more helpful to know before I was out on the back deck at 8:00PM while the dogs slogged around on the super-saturated yard. Fortunately, no evidence of the aforementioned tornado, although the rain was so hard at around 5PM that I couldn't see across the street.
On Sunday, the family celebrated my mother's 80th BD with a medly of her favorite foods: crab cakes, steamed shrimp, cole slaw, and potato salad. I have to say that sometimes a plate of simple homemade treats is as good as a 4 Star meal.

@MC, simple, good food can be grand.

My dad's birthday was the first week in August and his favorite birthday meal was fresh, local and (mostly) homemade crab cakes, corn on the cob, coleslaw, and raw sliced tomatoes. If we were lucky, there were deviled eggs as a starter and there was always homemade birthday cake and ice cream to finish. I can taste it as I type...yum!

B'more Cat...
Yes, simple can be etherial.
There are many August days when my dinner consists of corn from a wonderful veggie stand that I pass on my way home on the back roads (Rt 94 near Lisbon) from Rockville and some still warm tomatoes from the garden. I don't even use the stove for the corn - I find that wrapping an ear in moist paper towels and nuking on high for 2 minutes produces the perfect result.

>I find that wrapping an ear in moist paper towels and nuking on high for 2 minutes produces the perfect result.<

So true, and it doesn't heat up the kitchen on those hot and humid summer evenings.

I find that reheating a cup of coffee, making a quick hot dog, and the corn thing, is about all I use my microwave for.

I'm tasting some fresh sweet corn right now, but I guess I'll have to wait three more months or so.