Oh dear, time flies. The solstice picnic has come and gone. The kids got so caught up in preparing for it that no time was spent recording it. David never even got out the camera. What a shame. The place was pretty spiffy, and even with the (you guessed it) rain, the party went well, with many satisfied guests. This year the beefalo burgers were wiped out, so no leftovers for the grandchildren. David promises to go out and take some pix of the current blooms and post them. There are a few more unknowns out there that need identifying, and lots of pretty old friends needing showing off.

Monday was the first sunny day and the first hot day, so off they went to sit in air conditoned restaurants and then see a film, the beautiful "Winged Migration", which is sparsely narrated but very visual, with fantastic shots of flying birds. Stopped on the way home to visit daughter and check out her great garden. Almost missed her, piling in car as she drove in.
Today it's back to the current project, which is finishing the driveway. Neighbor Steve did lots of the stone spreading until Jeremy arrived, and he finished the back in time for the party and is now doing the side which was deferred. Yesterday farmer Ronnie scalped off the top few inches and hopefully the too thick parts of the already done area can be moved over onto this last area. Looks smurfy so far. Gotta go!!!