It was a lovely month!

We got a koi for our pond, and the goldfish was checking him out.

I found Dory at the fish store where we went to get koi food!

After a food delivery here, we frequently meet Bernie and his owner. When Bernie hears us coming, he keeps looking back at us because he knows we give him treats! He won’t walk straight until we’ve stopped next to him and given him his treats.

Oh wow!! After driving to Carson, Washington, we stopped at Stevenson to see the kite surfers, and there was this amazing Rolls Royce!! Check out the snake horn (at least I think that’s what it was). What an amazing work of art!

Oh yeah… the kite surfers!

Back home to the daily hummingbird and dahlias.

I was outside one evening and caught this; I think they’re Vaux’s Swifts eyeing our chimneys; they’re goo big to be Swallows. I’ve never seen them here before, and was thrilled!

Glorious dahlias.

We were coming home from Lake Oswego and my van started overheating. We prayed ourselves home, and this is where the engine shut off, right at the bottom of our gravel road. Whew. We called AAA and they towed it to a safer place behind our barn (our repair shop was closed by then).

The next morning, AAA came back and towed the van to the shop. I had a huge heater hose leak, and Cleveland Auto Repair fixed it the same day. So grateful.

First rain in a long time on my tomato plant.

And that’s a wrap!