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And the heat goes on

And it kept going…topping off at 94F! Even now, at 7:00 p.m., it is still 89.

It is supposed to cool into the 70’s by the coming weekend and as this kind of heat is unusual this early, I originally thought it would be fine for these few hot days without the A/C.

Thankfully, I changed my mind this morning and got the behemoth ready to go. It has been keeping us comfortable and I will really appreciate it at bedtime, I know!

Bear went out a few times, but only briefly. Even Auggie came in early in the afternoon.

Meanwhile as the dinner hour approached, I rethought my original plan of oven roasted corn and asparagus.

The new plan was shaved asparagus salad…

…with white beans and a parmesan vinaigrette. I put all in the frig to chill along with some canned salmon.

A bit later, as I was mixing everything up, I noticed Auggie on the front sidewalk. His door was open, but I guess he decided the cool concrete sidewalk was the spot to be.

A cool, refreshing supper as the heat goes on.

So the skunk visitations continued and even at our “normal” going out time of 7:00 a.m., I kept a watchful eye. This morning I had my camera set to take some video so naturally, no skunk. But as I was waiting and watching, I caught my neighbor’s motion sensitive light go on so kind of wonder if Skunk took a slightly different route this morning.

At any rate, it was another clear and sunny morning: beautiful, but the moisture situation continues on the unusually dry side and NOAA says:

Northwest Montana, however, will likely remain drier than usual for this time of year with no significant systems on the horizon to make up for the recent precipitation deficit.

Rats!!

Still, nothing to do but enjoy what we have and so we did.

Monday

Good golly, Miss Molly…it is Monday!

It was a Monday!

Saturday: after the chores

Today, I did the chores that were on the list for last Sunday…disrupted by the fox thing and my fall in the woods.

The sticks have been raked/picked up, the first mow is done and the yard looks pretty darn good!

After the chores were done…we all enjoyed the beautiful day.

Saturday: after the chores

Day is Done

Thursday evening.

Day is Done.

Midweek

End of Wednesday and “ALL IS WELL” !!

I’m still working on a synopsis of last week, but this week is flying by.

It was supposed to be cool and rainy.

We got barely a sprinkle yesterday and now, it is a tiny bit cooler, but no rain in sight. We really need a good rain. I know that I should probably be careful what I wish for, but at this time of year, I’d rather it be too wet than too dry.

However, it is not something I can control.