Plenty Warm
Not quite the dog days of summer yet, but it was plenty warm today! Warm enough to throw a couple wobbly pops in the freezer for an hour and then head down to September Morn beach to cool off in high tide. The water was clear and nicely warmed up from the rocks, great for a dip to cool off after every chapter of a beach book. As usual it was a mixed crowd of families, dogs swimming for sticks and the locals aunaturel getting a tan.
Hummingbirds aren’t around as much, have headed off up Mt. Gardner or the coast for cooler climes and the feeder has made it almost a week now without being refilled. The eagles were flying around a lot earlier this morning, and two tiny little fawns were stumbling around at 6:00am before the heat of the day as well. There’s lots of water in the rain cistern, no chance of it drying up for a while around here for a while. I pulled a few new potatoes out the other day, they are small from being planted too close but I’m not digging up the whole plant, just feeling around for nuggets so the others have a bit of room to get bigger.
Speaking of nuggets, Chris Corrigan has one with his July 1st weblog entry where he speaks of the transformation to being an islander again, a good read 