Day 1 of Blaugust

I've decided I'm going to participate in Blaugust 2026, and I'm excited for it this year! I posted almost every day in July, so I think it should be fairly easy for me to manage posting every day this month. I got a little burnt out on it last year, but I don't think that'll be the case this time around. I'm feeling quite optimistic about it. July was very hot, for the most part. It cooled down at the end of the month, so we've been enjoying some nice mild days this past week, as well as some rain. When we took Ranni to the dog park today, it was raining softly, and the tree canopy provided a natural umbrella. We had a few excursions planned for July, and I wrote about our first one. The second one was attending the monthly Commander Day for Magic the Gathering at a barcade in town. We did go to the barcade, but we got the date wrong and missed Commander Day. 😆 We just hung out and played Magic anyway while ordering drinks and food. It was Danny, myself, my cousin, my brother-in-law,…