evacuation one

Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. Of the five critters I've seen behind the barn, this is the first pup to be caught. It's parent is at least three times as big. A site says: Today, there are more groundhogs, red fox, gray fox, opossum and raccoon in the United States than at any previous time in U.S. history.

I did not water board, interrogate,terrorize, or threaten in any way. I did not follow the advice of the locals who told me to drown. I moved this guy to the township line and released him in a creek bank, far from any house.

meal with cousin

Everyone spread out for the weekend. A cousin's son I never met visited and made it special for me. Christian Lehman works at Letourneau U in Texas. He grew up in Goshen, Indiana, and the Marshall Islands which his mother calls home. My older brother and his wife hosted him. I joined them for lunch at the Taj Mahal, an Indian restaurant.

June weekend

This first June weekend I start out alone. One couple is biking in NYC. The other is weekending in Niagara Falls. And Dorcas goes to a class reunion in Maryland with three classmates.

calf moves into pasture

The neighbor brought a calf to live in our pasture for a while. It does not have a cute pet name or anything. I'm trying to keep my emotional distance so it does not bawl for food every time I go near. The neighbor does everything. I get the pleasure of seeing it and the benefit of keeping the meadow grazed.

Above its head the sour cherries get red and ripe.