Wednesday was one of those summer days in the Valley that make you happy to be alive ... warm, sunny, upper 80s ... and there was a breeze that made it comfortable....I washed clothes and hung them outside ... there is something about the fragrant smell of clothes that have dried outdoors. Three loads out ... each load dry on the line as I went out to hang up the next. Warm sunshine and stiff breezes did the trick....
On warm days such as these it is not unusual to see a black snake draped across the branches of a tree or bush trying to keep cool....
The flowers needed watering so I lingered outside a bit longer ... deadheading along the way ... filled the bird bath with water ... wandered to the garden to see if any tomatoes had ripened (they hadn't)....
I put a chicken in the crockpot to cook along with home grown onions and Yukon Gold potatoes out of the garden ... got a jump on supper since I would be gone in the afternoon and would not have time to cook before time for dinner....
In the Valley and the mountains there are "summer sounds" that I remember from camping up this way while growing up ... the birds calling back and forth to one another ... the leaves rustling in the breeze ... the drone of insects ... the heat of mid-day causing everything to pause....
The robin with the nest in the wisteria has hatched all four eggs and is taking shifts with Mr. Robin feeding the hungry little critters. They will be grown up and gone before long....
In between all the activity throughout the day, I periodically stopped at the computer to publish a blog post or read the latest coming out of the General Assembly. These are busy days in Richmond and it is exciting watching to see what our legislators are coming up with in this Special Session, and to read how the bloggers are covering it all....
We ate dinner on the deck in the cool of early evening....
It's summer in the Shenandoah Valley....
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