Good Things

Posting has been sporadic, mostly due to a slew of family activities and a fairly busy schedule at the office. But I'm going to take a moment, here, to describe the awesomeness that is mid-June in Minneapolis. Temperatures appear to be hovering around 70 degrees or so. A slight breeze pushes through the trees in the neighborhood. Birds are singing from all directions, and occasionally light down in the yard. I'm using my laptop in the backyard, where sprinkler is back-and-forthing over by the garage, making sure to cover not only the newly planted peonie, but the flowers on the other side of the yard, in the planter box that lines our patio. Instead of enjoying the wireless -- and the fading evening sun -- at the patio table, I'm relaxing in the hammock underneath the maple (one of our two oldest, tallest trees). Everything is blue and green and pleasant and warm. All in all, a very good way to wrap up a Monday.