We're 2 weeks away from the longest day of the year, but you'd never know it the past 2 weeks. With all the clouds it's been getting dark hours earlier than normal. I feel robbed because I love long summer (OK, spring) evenings. We got just a little hint of it yesterday evening when I noticed a little bit of sun shining on the crabapple tree and the corner post of the patio screen before the clouds blocked it off for the night.



Then last night I looked up and realized it was almost a full moon—just before the clouds covered it up again.

So all the moisture was nice, and everything in the yard (except the veggies) is lush and green, and the weeds were easy to pull today, but I'm very happy to see sunshine again. I'm looking forward to the rest of this sunny evening, and I'm also looking forward to watching the full moon rise tonight if the last few clouds stay out of the way.

Snake update

For those who haven't read the comments on my snake post from the other day, Jeff commented that there was no way the snake could be alive, and he was right. When we went out and checked, it hadn't moved. I guess "belly up" really does mean dead. We're pretty sure it's the same snake we saw moving across the yard, and it seemed perfectly healthy then. Weird. At least I'm pushing the photo down the page with this post.