I don't think the dogs will be spending any time in the front room until cold weather (November/December) so I have taken all of the extra layers off of that futon. They are laundered and folded. The regular layers (a mattress pad and the flannel sheet that I always leave on it) have also been laundered and replaced. Decorative pillows, the afghan that adorns the back, they're all back and it looks like a people room again. If the dogs come in now, they'll want to lie on the cool tile floor, not on the furniture.

Today is lovely, not as hot as yesterday. I'll mow the back and dig some compost to put on the beds out front. I could actually plant something in that back area now, there is so much more light than before, with all of the trees out. My neighbors put up an awning over the shade garden plants because they'll get fried (and they have a crape myrtle in place hoping that will provide shade soon).

SRS