"We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing." - Billy Graham

I didn't get much of anything done yesterday after I got home (including any blog post). I fed the goats, ate two meals myself, and watched some recorded BBC with Pam. And I didn't wake up this morning until 6 a.m., which is a huge oversleep for me.

We hit 97 yesterday and will reach that again today. I closed all the widows and closed the blinds at 6:00 this morning when it was 63 inside. We open things up in the evening as soon as the outside temp is equal to or lower than inside. That usually happens around 7:30 and 93 degrees.

Dolly is one year old today. She's a Nubian/Boer cross. Nubians make great mommas and in this case it contributed the white coloring and long hanging ears. The Boer means big hardy kids that provide good meat. We'll send her out for breeding in six months and that will raise us to three does in production. Right now the plan is to stay at that level. When Sundae retires in another kidding or two...
Yeah, we're thinking about that. Frenchie has great coloring and an easy disposition so we may keep her. She's also a Nubian/Boer cross.

The stuff in the storage unit from the folks' apartment at Ida Culver House included everything from pots and pans to furniture to wall hangings to household supplies. We don't have need of or room for furniture or wall hangings (pics and decorator pieces) so that was easy.

But there were a few things I brought home and will put to ready use, including a Henschel Hats of St. Louis "Outback Oilcloth Hat." It's a large, which is good, but it's oval and my head isn't. I have what hat people call a "long narrow" head, so the brim cut into my forehead and had a gap along the sides. So this afternoon we took it to Northwest Hats in downtown Eugene. A very cool shop where the owner sells fine hats of all types and makes custom hats to the client's specs.
He steamed the hat and then put a "long narrow" wood template inside while it cooled. It's now much better but he warned me that oilcloth hats don't adjust as well as felt hats.
He said this will make a good fall and winter hat, will be waterproof for the Oregon winters, and will look better with use/age.
I told him I've never owned a hat (vs. caps) and always thought I looked silly in them. He said most men who have never worn a hat think that because they're not used to seeing themselves in one. He also said dermatologists like men wearing hats.
Wearing hats just might become a thing. Henschel sells some cool hats at pretty reasonable prices.

At 7:15 we're reached the point where outside and inside temps are the same...92. So it's time to go around and open blinds and windows. Tomorrow's high is supposed to be 88 so we'll get a brief respite before weekend temps climb back into the 90s.