June, A Good Start But an Indifferent End

Its June and summer has officially arrived at my house, the fire flies rose on the evening of June 1st a full week earlier than usual. Don't blame global warming though, its the wet spring that fosters early fire flies. Damp soil is easier to hatch from then dry soil. Anyway, Jane & I started summer out right with a weekend of camping at IWLL. The weather was great, the swimming good and the company terrific ! The weekend went by far too fast.

My camp at the IWLL.

This curious fellow was sunning itself alongside the fire ring. It slithered off to the nearby bushes, then posed for some photos. I'm not sure just what kind of snake it is, a nice even black above and creamy white below. A black racer maybe, but there are other black racer looking snakes. Anyway, I consider a snake sighting a good omen.

Full moon over the trailer camp area at about 10pm.

About a week after the camping the weather was primo for ballooning. This is one of 7 ballons I could see over the Charlottesville area. It was the only one close enough to photograph.

I had 2 days scheduled off in June but they were canceled due to staffing problems. Then I had to go in for 2 training days on consecutive days off plus work an extra shift. This does not make me a happy camper. Louise got an sore hoof that required I soak the hoof in epson salts for 4 days plus keep it wrapped. Louise didn't mind the soaking but wasn't going for the wrapping. So I had to have her in a stall for 7 days until the hoof was sound. So I missed my parish feast day doctoring my horse. Well at least I earned enough OT to cover the vet & stall fees. But I didn't get to spend time with anyone after the IWLL camping weekend. GRR !

And to add insult to injury, Paws-in-Trouble knocked the screen out of the kitchen window. Skiddy and WingNut took a walk on the wild side, Skiddy was easy to find & get back in the house but WingNut is being more illusive. I'm seeing WingNut but not close enough to pick him up. Double GRR !