The Long Hot Days Of Summer Now Get Shorter & More Color
It's Summer...whether it is astronomical, the heat, or the relentless mowing it is here for a while. However, this weekend at the Cabin there were signs there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Some leaves on the Buckeye Trees are just starting to turn and Saturday was the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year (now they get shorter), which foreshadows the coming of cooler months in Southwest Virginia.
Southwest Virginia is green...
...but the Buckeyes give hope
While it was hot most of the time, it wasn't all mowing and weed-eating. Bax and I went out for a couple of hikes. On Saturday, a long one to the other barn and back. Even going in the morning the heat got to Bax. He is a Winter dog. On, Sunday morning (about 7:30am) we kept it short just the small loop up to the main trail junction.
Out with Bax on Saturday
This gate has been put back up
Bax was hot...
...& tired after Saturday's hike
Bax was back out front Sunday
We put up a new bird feeder as I got another all-metal collapsible No-No Feeder for Dad for Father's Day. This one was the red Cardinal one because I couldn't find the silver one that is already up there (and survived a couple of bear encounters). Turns out this one is a little bigger and better because it has a ring for seed to collect which birds, like Cardinals, like. As always the Cabin is a tonic for the mind, especially in the heat of Summer.
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