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New photo by Forrest Stonedahl 2021

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July 3, 2021
I haven't had any great photos recently, but here are bunchberries near Priest Lake, a wild dogwood relative, very into symmetry:

July 5
We made it through the 4th fireworks without any notable fires, so that was a win...

This is a 12 spotted skimmer dragonfly--the most common ones in our area... Taken on the first canoe ride of the year around the mill pond...

July 10

Pygmy nuthatch , Post Falls Community Forest

This shows clearly why they're called Violet greenbacked swallows...

July 17
I feel like lately all I've been doing is making pots as fast as I can, and swimming to cool off daily. But I looked around at my yard and area, and here are the results:
fire fighting helicopter

We had a small fire about 5 miles away, lots of planes and one helicopter fighting it from the air--this one dipping from the mill pond..

I made this sculpture last winter, and it sat out front unremarked until a woman that works for the Peoria Illinois schools thought it would be a good thing for their school, so I donated it... (it's based on a similar one I made in college, called Yin Yang. That one was male/female dichotomy)

Rainier cherries getting ripe in our back yard. One week to go.

Bing!

Bartlett pears grow upright until they get too heavy...

These green plums are so thick that they knock each other off...

This year we're trying tomatoes and cukes alongside the peas on a fence trellis. They all like trellising, and peas have a short life...

This hen got very broody, and now has two chicks, with 4 more possible.

July 26

These are a couple butterflies from Priest Lake yesterday...

I'm not sure quail eat cherries, but this one flew up into the tree...

July 29

This is an early morning view, which would be appropriate for September, but the drought has browned out a lot of the annuals. The vegetation in the foreground is water smartweed, a weed so smart it thrives in water and on land...

books read

Linda Barnes Hardware. I read quite a few of this series (Carlotta Carlisle) years ago, and reread it when it came up free on Kindle prime. Still good reading.
Another free series that I've just read the first book is the Patricia Fisher mysteries by Steve Higgs--all ten currently can be a single free download on prime. Described as a cozy mystery, like the Ladies #1 Detective Agency series, this had more than its share of murders, set on board a large oceanliner. The writing is clear and concise and enjoyable... The protagonist is plucky and endurable.

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