The ice has hung in pretty close this year.
It has not been unusually cold or warm but there has been a persistent northerly slant to the wind, including a lot of northwesterly, which is a bit unusual. In early July when we first launched the crew boat there was still a bit of drift ice along the shore.
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It has been a strange year for critters up here. We had a lot of snow and a late, slow breakup.
Six weeks ago when the migratory waterfowl started showing up the deeper lakes were still iced in and there was little open water.
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It’s still cool and the flowers everywhere remain somewhat confused about just what season it is. Still, my wildflowers are coming into bloom and looking their usual tangled and undisciplined best.
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With another Fourth of July came the annual book sale. I started this as a way to give discarded books one last chance to find a new home before going to the dump, but it’s become so popular that people ask every year to be sure we’re going to have it.
This year, a big weeding in the nonfiction meant that we had a lot of books for the sale.
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I don’t get heavily into the primping that goes on all over town for the Fourth, what with being wrapped up with the book sale. But Doug did catch me walking down the street to tell me that “his” park had gotten a sweet new sign. And that this had prompted him to give the park a good cleaning out and plant some new annuals.
Looks pretty good, Doug!
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The season progresses, although somewhat askew against our usual calendar.
In the morning, the first sun lights the bay while town slumbers on in the night’s shadows.
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Tim and Linda come down from town each summer to spend a few days in a rented cabin out near the end of MacDonald Spit. It’s always fun to walk out there and join them for an afternoon’s visit.
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