How lovely to see you all again. I'm glad you're keeping the door wide open, Jerry. The morning air is wonderful.

Yesterday I sauntered down the hill to have a latte with a couple of friends. The air was soft and summery. (Which for us means something quite different from most of you. In Juneau, when the temperatures hit 65 degrees, it's summer!)

Later I came home and changed clothes then took my Cairn terrier up the hill and worked again on a flower circle on the lawn of the house museum where I used to live. I've been cleaning it out and digging it up to transplant some blooming plants into it. It's been a hard job because many of the mossy rocks have sunk into the ground and covered over with grass and weeds. Earlier I dug everything up and then went home to recuperate. The lawn is on a slope so it's hard on ankles.

Yesterday I re-piled the rocks; looks pretty good. Later, after the target plants are finished blooming I'll move them over to the circle. Don't want to disturb them before then. In the meantime I'll add more soil to the mix. I want the circle brimming.

Ah, summer is nice.