3 July …
So far for the Mt Shasta 4th I’ve done net control for two night watches … and slept a lot.
Doing the watches with a net control turned out to be a winner. Both nights got really windy and had there not been a net control (me) the rovers would have been sorely pressed to keep any record. I was kept busy noting booth numbers and wind damage as well as notifying the proper persons as the rovers tried their best to report as well as chase down tarps and awnings from the vendor booths.
I managed to survive both nights with the help of coffee, a book, and knitting … when I wasn’t on the radio.
This morning I slept until after eleven.
Tomorrow I have to be on station behind the event stage by 0700.
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The catalpa has come into bloom.
I enjoy it every year. The pyramid shape of the blossoms is intriguing, and the bloom reminds me of a book from my childhood which was about a family of kittens which lived in a catalpa tree. I don’t remember the name of the book. Does anyone else remember it?
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Weather has been a combination of fairly warm days and chilly, almost cold, nights. I remember one year it snowed on the 4th.
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Paul will be leaving next Sunday for a three week stay with his grandparents in Maryland. I have gotten used to having a six-year-old around so I will miss him.
He tells me that his Grandma gives him cold cereal or pancakes for breakfast every morning and they have a swimming pool.
He will have a lot to tell when he gets home.
He gets back the 28th and Mikayla will arrive soon after for a week’s stay.
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Photoshop is working again, so here are a couple of pictures from last week. 
I thought you would appreciate a picture of the work space around my computer …
… and a shot of the rose in bloom on the courtyard fence.
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Current reading is a collection of short stories by Issac Azimov based on a two centimeter tall demon named “Azazel” (which is also the title of the collection). It is not Azimov’s usual Sci-fi. Instead it is very funny fantasy. I recommend it if a chuckle would do you good.
I had just finished another collection of short stories by a Brit which all seemed to focus on broken relationships of one kind or another. As you can guess, I’m having a better time with Azazel.
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I haven’t been doing any gardening this summer … the result of a combination of things.
The new family has their own ideas about how Cold Comfort should look and what should grow in the garden, and I’m in an approach-avoidance situation. I would like it to stay the same while at the same time realizing it will never be the same, so why interfere with plans.
We are consulting and compromising on a lot of things, and the yard and the garden will be what they will be.
Even so, I mourn.
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Yes, obstacles may stand in your way, but so what? You’ll find your way beyond every difficulty.
So … ‘til next week when I will be back on the regular schedule …