Doldrums

 

July 11

For various reasons, there is not a lot going on in my life, at least that I can blog about. I have resigned my schoolboard position after nine years which is my limit of three year terms. But that was quickly replaced by joining two more boards, one of which will probably require a fair amount of my time. 

The garden is fairly slow right now. I'm still picking yellow squash and giving it away or eating it, but that is about it. Fairly soon I will need to harvest the potatoes and hopefully start getting some tomatoes. Everything else is just growing away in the heat and sun and still a fair amount of time away from producing.

The bluebirds, are soon going to be fledging judging from their feathers and activity. The last time I opened the door to take a picture, they all immediately laid down and tucked their heads. I watched them a bit yesterday, the earliest time of fledging and didn't see a lot of activity other than from the parents making quick stops to drop off a morsel of food. I have my DSL camera ready to go on the dining room table should I happen to spy some fledging activity but in reality, my chances of catching that are probably slim to none.

Probably the highlight of my days is catching the stage ending of the Tour de France everyday. I used to bicycle a lot as a kid and came of age during the days of Greg LeMond, still the only American to have won (officially) the Tour, and so it still interests me to see how things play out. This year the battle is between a Dane who has won the last two years and a Slovenian who won the two years before that. Thus far, a little half way through the race, the Slovenian seems to have the upper hand, perhaps because the Dane was involved in a horrible bicycle wreck earlier this year. 

July 11