Second half of summer

The Fourth of July weekend is officially over. I managed to stretch it into four full days but it's back to the salt mines now - although, I have to be honest, my salt mines only last a few hours each day and are far from drudgery. I love my work!

Fourth of July always stimulates conversations that begin, "I can't believe it's the 4th of July already, summer is half over." Well, it isn't really, but that's the way it feels.

Already the days are getting shorter.... and in our case, a lot hotter. We've been warned to expect some major weather this week so I've been watering plants faithfully and staying indoors during the heat of the day.

But last night we potlucked outdoors with our doggy friends -- the proud owners of release dogs from Canine Companions from Independence. There were ten people and eight dogs. I worked on teaching them a new command - SWIM!