Glad there was some classic June weather* earlier this month; afaic this heat-wave means it's effectively July now. So glad we installed mini-split cooling last year even though it led to an influx of contractors this year. These days I'm usually awake at contractor o'clock even before the noise starts but I also have to be dressed and coherent enough to deal with the inevitable cancellations and corrections. Don' wanna, but gotta.

Like most months this year, June has been busy enough that I haven't been able to post about it in digestible tid-bits. In addition to contractor work and its disruptions there was an emergency vet visit for one of the cats (she's okay-enough now, unclear if the issue has been resolved), assorted car annoyances (also unresolved), a lot of paperwork and stress around [stuff that may be resolved soon], and things I've probably forgotten about that will be unresolved later.

In the better things department we squeezed in two short but lovely early-season visits to the Cod (one day-trip, one overnight). Both featured time on beaches watching seals, sea-birds, and surf. Listening to that last is a great simple pleasure, as is eating beachin' foods (and ice cream, of course) after.

At home we have fireflies again; I like to think that leaving parts of the yard unmowed has helped bring them back to the neighborhood. Also managed some garden-wrangling despite ongoing exterior work and there have been lots of birds. Pretty sure we have nesting chipping sparrows and carolina wrens as well as the usuals**, and a pileated woodpecker has been working on the snag from December 2022's treefall. Unlike what's scheduled for tomorrow that's one type of hammering I don't mind at all.

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*Sunny, dry, and warm days with blue skies and long golden afternoons, cool to chilly nights, no need for aircon.
**Robins, chickadees, titmice, house and gold finches, cardinals, blue jays, assorted woodpeckers, et al.