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We had a bit more rain!

It won’t last. They’re predicting it will get to around 90°F by the weekend, but we’re savoring it while it’s here.

June 10, 2025

The drought, of course. The little rain we had from May 27 to June 3 meant we went from extreme drought down to severe drought. (Pictures from the U.S.Drought Monitor.)

May 27, 2025

June 3, 2025

We had a bit more rain last Wednesday, June 4, but it has been drying out since then.

No sense worrying about it. It will be what it will be, but we do love rain!

June 9, 2025

Yesterday Kaitlin wrote:

Pouring rain here. Making chicken stock while sitting on the porch with the pups.

I love days like that. And I always love getting pictures of the pups. 🙂

June 8, 2025

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June 7, 2025

Not everyone hates them. Click on the picture and turn on the sound to see a difference of opinion.

June 6, 2025

That was the subject line of an email from Kaitlin yesterday.

The girls treed a woodchuck in our yard. Zoe was going crazy jumping and trying to get it. I forget how high that girl can jump! I finally brought them into the zoom room with me, and lo and behold I could see it from my computer. Thus, of course so could the girls…. They could not let it go!

Torben took the girls for a long walk and it eventually came down but appears stuck in our yard. All gates are open so hopefully it doesn’t have babies here and can find its way out and not come back. At one point it was chewing at our chain link fence. I have since lost sight of it behind our fire pit.

Kaitlin included these pictures:

Tempi wrote more about it in her post.

I was going to write about our weather here yesterday, but their story is a lot more interesting!

June 5, 2025

this is why I would never have one:

Nope, they deserve better owners than the likes of me. 🙂

(I would love to hear what The Op Pack thinks.)

June 4, 2025

If you had siblings did you ever wish you were an only child? If you were an olny child did you ever wish you had siblings?

June 3, 2025

June 2, 2025

Kaitlin sent this picture yesterday, and it’s a great one for the new season. I love Zoe’s eyes, especially her left one.

Kaitlin also sent this one of Tempi, who as usual is saving her energy for when it is needed:

She’s a kindred spirit!

About seasons, yes I’m with the meteorologists. I used to accept that the seasons changed on March 21, June 21, September 21, and December 21. But once they started getting more precise it got confusing. It was harder for the meteoroligists to compare seasons from year to year when the dates kept changing, and starting the seasons on the first days of March, June, September and December made it easier for them to do comparisons. Plus those dates corresponded better to the weather. So the first day of summer it is.

I don’t like heat, so summer is not my favorite season… I’ll get involved in a project or two to keep me absorbed. Last year I spent a couple of hours a day learning Spanish. I’ll let you know what this summer brings.

What’s your favorite season? Do you like summer or do you hide from the heat?

June 1, 2025