6:30 a.m. and round, red, Mr. Sun is kissing the tops of the mountains. The 'girls', Cheney and Mitzi, look forward to their Ranger ride to turn off the water on the hayfield! There have already been two cuttings...shall we go for 3?! The deer hope so! All the baby swallows from the 2nd hatch perform aerobatics around the yard to show off their new flying skills! Only yesterday they were hanging on the side of their mud hut afraid to let go!! The pond is as smooth as a looking glass reflecting this bright, blue Nevada sky. Little grey bees hum in the purple Russian sage...but not a bumblebee can be heard! I wonder where they are this summer. They usually do the summer serenade from May until September. Charles Darwin said the number of 'humble bees' depends on the mouse population as mice find the 'humble bee' nests in holes in the ground and eat the larva!! There are very few dragonflies this summer either...hmmm??? Usually hummingbirds find my trumpet vines right after the 4th of July and stay until September...and they are late!! Sunflowers lift their faces to smile at the sun and bee balm nods her shaggy head! It's time for everything to have their mid-summer haircut in hopes of a late summer blast of color. Smoke drifts over the tops of the mountains' majesty from somewhere else filling our valley with a blue haze. God is house cleaning too, I guess! Rudy and Chang, our faithful cats, find a shady, quiet place to curl up and sleep the day away. My garden sports a new garden gate from my son and a pretty garden flag from my 'gracious' daughter in law that sums it all up...Welcome...Enjoy Life!
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