Stepping out the front door is like immersing myself in a vat of perfume. The 3 locust trees are in bloom, blessing us with an umbrella of fragrance that threatens to make me swoon with pleasure.
I woke up to the sound of light rain today which unfortunately petered out long before the earth was saturated. I didn’t check but would be surprised if the moisture soaked in more than ½ inch. All the rain in the region has been skirting our house, leaving the ground parched. It’s too early for drought!
Not much has been going on… just the usual puttering around interspersed with watching mindless video. I’ve had the dogs out several times practicing some of the skills Adia learned at school. I had big plans for her this summer, thinking that I’d take one or even two classes every week: Agility, Rally-o, therapy dog - all classes to take us closer to her being a therapy dog. Instead we’ve done nothing and don’t intend to attend any classes at all. It doesn’t seem worth it. I suppose an agility class would be outside and might be okay. We’ll see.
Adia was having fun with the hose this morning:
After supper (garlic noodles and bok choy), Leo came over to cut down a giant branch for Carm. He’s got years of experience in cutting trees in just the right way so they fall in the right direction and he proved his expertise tonight! No tree came crashing through the window :-)
Headline tonight: Gatherings of 10 people allowed (social distance) starting Friday. 2,045,402 cases with 114,150 deaths in the US. There are a total of 96,653 (95,699 yesterday) cases of Covid-19 in Canada today, with 7,897 (7,800 yesterday) deaths today.
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
~William Wordsworth
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