July: in like a blast furnace

We got a little lulled to sleep in June with a slow, subtle turn into summer. Quite a bit of (summer) rain and moderate summer temps (75-80) most days. Then the calendar turned over to June 30-July 1 and WOW...open the oven! I believe we hit 89 Saturday and 94 (new high) Sunday. Yikes...it was hot!

The human beings are uncomfortable, the nature around us seems much more adaptable. Here are four scenes from this weekend: