soaking up the sun

Despite a few errands, the afternoon provided good walking exercise in sun and breezy heat. A coffee place up in Greenwood obligingly made me an iced chocolate milk, the perfect fuel for hot summer days. Green Lake was mobbed, as it always is if the clouds part for more than a few minutes.
Rory Stewart is still slogging on across Afghanistan, with his rescued 140 pound dog in tow. How he and the animal survived this trek is beyond me, or what he plans to do with the experience.
Tomorrow I have a clarinet lesson, about which I am a bit anxious. Worried that my techniques are in bad shape...