The sky is so blue with big puffy white clouds. Not a rain cloud in sight. The air was cool this morning now it is warm. All the boys were waiting to be fed. They are such good boys. The grass is starting to grow.

We are just starting into the dog days of summer. The birds have been quieter. Even the bird in the garden has finally quit scolding me.

All but the humming birds. They are just starting to assert themselves at the feeders. It is hilarious to watch two little birds in a stand off with their little wings puffed out. Later they will have diving competitions. When their young leave the nest I can barely keep the feeders full.

The dog and the cats are dragging around. Callie fusses at me everytime I go out the door. She makes the daily trip out to the garden with me. Sometimes she will follow me all over the farm. If she catches me taking  Max off for a walk she will raise her voice and tell me no. He is her buddy and she doesn't like to see him go out the gate. I don't want her to follow me down the road so I seldom take Max out the gate. We all know who the boss is on my farm. 

I took the day off again. I got a lot of good advice last night. So I went shopping in town and just wandered the morning away. I found a good pair of Carhart shorts on sale. They will be comfortable to wear on the tractor if I ever have to mow again.  I bought plants for a project on Friday. There were a few bees flying around the plants. I realized how much I missed seeing them in my garden. Saturday is a work day.  And Sunday I am cooking. I already have a cookie recipe I like. There goes the two pounds I had lost.

My ex is out ot pocket. He has finally managed to make this divorce my fault. I knew that was coming. I expected it. I can work around it. I have already taken care of one porblem that has come up. No matter what he does I will always treat him with respect. That doesn't mean I will let him get away with his tricks. I will just respectfully block the tricks he delights in playing. Unfortunately he has also dropped contact with our daughter. That 's the one thing that upsets me. There is nothing I can do about it. That will be between the two of them. She has gotten too old to be his "little girl" any more. I saw him do this with his daughter when she got "too old". He is so much like his father and our daughter is so much like my ex.

 While I was in town I received a ticket from a county deputy.  No, I wasn't speeding. She caught me with no seat belt on. It was just a warning. I hate those things. I wore one when my daughter was in school to set an example. I will have to start buckling the darn thing now.

The well is still giving me problems. Hopefully it will be fixed this week. I can't run a sprinkler at all. So that means I can't water the garden. I am finally getting a summer routine started on my farm. It took me a while. It must have been the divorce throwing my schedule off.  My farm is quiet now that we are going into the dog days of summer.