Solstice of your choice

Air temperature 61 F, wind north about 10 mph, overcast with showers wandering through. Was able to walk for the newspaper and put out the trash and recycling without drowning.

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Okay, folks. School is out for the summer. You know what to do.

Anodyne maybe

Seeing an amount of Little Brown Bird activity out back. I think the song sparrow fledglings may now be stashed in the fence-line tangle of shrubs and trees.

As if we had a dearth

People are searching the internet for things to rage against . . .

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Peony blossoms.

Traffic hazard time

Crew has started ripping up a driveway across the street.  We knew it was coming -- dig-safe graffiti -- but didn't know when.  We have a narrow street.  Add wide trucks and diggers . . .

Gender roles again

This time it is South Neighbor where the daughter is running power tools. Miter saw and power sander, in this case.