So apparently it’s the middle of July already? The backyard menagerie doesn’t seem surprised by this news. The first clutch of robins has fledged, and a pair of goldfinches have set up house in a tree just over the neighbour’s fence, so we get to watch them swoop past our deck on their supply runs.
And several baby DoGs have joined the original Destroyer of Gardens, who has learned a new trick:
That’s right: it’s chewing the pansies while SITTING ON the pansies. I’m still not sure how it got up into the planter….
The hot weather seems to make people interested in cool reading: Polar has picked up three more award nominations!
Skipping Stones Honor Awards – Nature and Ecology Books
Red Cedar Children’s Choice Book Awards – Nonfiction
Science Writers and Communicators of Canada – Children’s Shortlist
There are a ton of books on these lists I haven’t had a chance to read yet, but I can vouch for Heather Camlot’s Becoming Bionic – it’s fantastic. And Heather is an excellent human being, so definitely check out her work when you can.
Watching summer zoom by (again) has Tech Support and I frantically attempting to schedule essential summer fun activities. Spontaneity does NOT work for us – if it’s not in the calendar, it doesn’t happen.
One of the things we make a point of doing every year is going to a movie at the local drive-in theatre. It’s COVID-safe (because the virus is NOT gone, despite what many people seem to think) and – even though we are now of an age where we have to plan a nap the day of the movie and a nap the day after in order to stay up so long past our usual bedtime – it’s a lot of fun. Part of the fun is that we always choose “traditional” drive-in fare, which usually means terrible monster movies, and it’s nice to be able to make fun of them in the privacy of our own car. Last year, we saw The Meg 2, which did not contain nearly enough sharks, and I spent most of the film scarfing popcorn and chanting “Bitey, bitey, bitey” while far too few people actually got bitten. This year, we’re thinking Twisters. All I remember of the original Twister is the flying cow, which bodes pretty well for ridiculousness in the sequel.
What about you? What summer traditions are you enjoying these days?