~AUGUST~

Twilight comes and the song of the cricket is soon to follow...

The August air lies soft and cool... a much welcomed relief from our summer weather...Once the grey rains of June disappeared ...July came barreling in with scorching heat and high humidity...

 The gardens have suffered...both vegetable and flower...the only plant to do well was dill, which had reseeded itself...

 In the hen house my flock of nineteen was suddenly reduced to eighteen...Annabelle...a petite white banty...suddenly became ill...she was brought inside and nursed in the chicken infirmary... sadly Annabelle passed away peacefully two days later...needless to say I have a very lonely rooster...But...on a happier note...Travis Lloyd is walking...and accumulating a vocabulary. His favorite word, said with much enthusiasm...

 one  he repeats over and over again..."TRACTOR"

tomorrow...I'll show you why...