Hot summer weather is expected across much of the country, but as usual, we are the contrarians in the Northwest. In fact, a rare winter storm watch is in effect for parts of Montana, with heavy "summer" snow in Glacier National Park.
Looks like wet in Seattle (yea) and here in the Methow Valley, the Summer Solstice dawns cool, cloudy and dry. It is pleasant laying in bed with the window open, listening to the river and breeze in the cottonwood trees. Last week was very hot here.
The Summer Solstice occurs 7:42 pm. It's hard to believe (and accept) we now start the long, slow process of declining daylight hours until December rolls around. But as usual I'm getting ahead of myself-- one day at a time.
Speaking of that, I have the day to myself. Amanda and Tom are at work. Nova is busy with life-guarding (she loves it) and horse chores. Maya is in soccer camp, and both girls are in swim team again. What a relief to the community, having the community pool open after the closure last summer.
The turkey families are around, and I hear the hens and poults talking to each other in the grass along the river. They communicate like that even before hatching, so they imprint quickly once out of the egg. Each hen knows her own offspring and vice versa, but they move around in large flocks as mutual guardians.
They say dinosaur mothers did the same thing. What an image.
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