Where did June go?

Here’s the end of May, the middle of June, and the beginning of July!

French Broad River

Where did June go? Well, I spent a few days visiting my mom and other family in the baking heat of Roswell, New Mexico, where the highs were above 100 degrees every day, and the “cool desert nights” passed us by. Then the heat followed me home, tying and breaking record highs here!

Once I got home, I had to catch up on chores, including the vegetable garden. Meanwhile, I’ve been on the lookout for fawns–you may remember the pregnant does from the last post. So far I’ve seen three or four fawns, including a set of twins. Several yearling does come with the mothers regularly, and a couple of yearling bucks show up occasionally.

Despite first, unseasonable heat and then the unseasonable cool (which felt great!), I continue to walk almost every day. Sometimes I see a few wildflowers, but the primary colors are the deep greens of the fauna and the browns and grays of the dusty gravel road (particularly after one of my neighbors goes speeding by in a cloud of dust!). Butterflies provide a bit of color, and often I am serenaded but birds along the way.

You should know by now that I love seeing Eastern Box Turtles!

It’s not a long post, but at last I managed something. And it’s thundering (keeping my fingers crossed for rain!). I hope to be back again before too long!