Pictures!

 I can't say there's anything amazing on this list, but I will venture to make it entertaining.  Start with one week ago today...

You know the drill by now- hot, humid

This is where doggie Sable and his Mom used to live.  She was a Parkview nurse, which means low pay and not long tenured, as the hospital chooses to maintain a palace instead of a staff.  Next tenant will have some 'gardening' to do.

Quite the crowd at the landing...

"Not gonna stop me from cooling off!"

Must have been an extended family deal- at least a dozen people

My favorite little fall flowers have appeared- but in the woods, where I've never seen them!

Insert hot/humid/work/tired and skip to yesterday...

Maybe throw in, "hazy", too...

Our usual big ol' mushrooms starting to pop up...

(Of course, they all got decapitated by the mowing crew later in the day)

Piss ant rave...

...and another....

...and another!  Must be an ant national holiday....

Ah, there's one bush of my flowers in the canal

Misty was more interested in sniffing than river-ing...

...at first

The "Summit City Summer Festival" rolls on.

Our one bunny of the day...

And a black squirrel

Bringing us to this morning- with both heat and humid dramatically higher...

Not good breathing weather

Bunny #1

#2 was spotted dashing into the canal

Missed the hummingbird, but got the goldfinch...

...and again, just barely

They were having a good time playing

As were these good ol' country boy discers.  When we met them this first time, their music (being played at a respectful volume, a rarity among discers) was Whiskey Meyers' Broken Window Serenade (currently #8 on the M10); the second time, they were singing along to Hank Jr and Family Tradition.

Afterwards we met up briefly with Misty's new friend, a little old guy named Hoosier.  As the two of them watched a third doggie go by, I told Hoosier's dad that this was a day you really need a doggie like Misty who drags you along- Lord knows I was fading in the woods!