July

A new summer month. The medieval Book of Hours July calendar painting shows harvesting and sheep shearing near the massive Château du Clain in Poitiers, France. You can lose yourself in the details. What's going on? And why is that "peasant" wearing a rich, blue robe for such hot, dirty work?

Here's an old English proverb:

If the first of July be rainy weather, 
it will rain, more or less,
for four weeks together.

Oh, goody. Yet another grey morning in Seattle, with a chance of rain and the furnace running. 

On a happier note, July is:

National Blueberry Month

National Anti-Boredom Month

Unlucky Month for weddings

National Cell Phone Courtesy Month

National Hot Dog Month

National Ice Cream Month

National Picnic Month