Checking In

I bunged up my left shoulder a while back, through an inspired mixture of bad luck and great stupidity. It doesn't mind if I push a lawn mower or go for a walk, but it hates my trying to type or even to sit in a chair. It is, however, much better today.

Events rush by so fast. I'm glad that everybody I know in London is safe and sound, and grieve for those who are not, and for the wanton destruction of life, routine, and security, not just in London, but everywhere. I wish the damn American politicians would shut their stupid mouths about it all, too. Unless they would like to apologize and offer to start all over with their little plans and plots.

In more local news, Eric has come and gone. We saw an indigo bunting and several green herons, both firsts for us. Raphael and I have been hiking more extensively than we have been able to do for a while. I think my favorite time so far was our visit to Hyland Lake Park Reserve on one of the first really hot days in June. The entire place was buzzing with life; blue damselflies in all the undergrowth, ducklings and goslings, a barn swallow diving at us repeatedly, painted turtles putting their noses up out of the water to snap at insects, ospreys looking a bit muddled on their specially-built nesting platform. Eric and I went there a few weeks later on a breezy day, and saw a muskrat, the green heron, the ospreys apparently dismembering a fish for their young ones, the blue damselflies hanging on to bits of water grass like little pennants while their female counterparts walked down the stalk into the water to lay their eggs. A gauzy rain moved in and out of the distant landscape, like an earthly aurora, and fell on us several times.

This is all the shoulder wants to do for now. I am catching up on everybody's adventures, and thinking of you all.

P.

And a belated but heartfelt word of thanks

Quite some time ago, now, the splendid pegkerr got herself a permanent LJ account, and, having almost a year of paid time left on her old account, most generously gave it to me. I was and am delighted, even if I have not yet done anything about having a dozen icons instead of one. Thank you again, Peg.

P.

Bits of my garden

David took some gorgeous photos of some of the flowers in the yard and garden. Then he kindly posted a link to them in his LJ.

Looky!

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