June 23, 2025

Happy Birthday Arianna Cole.  I think you are 24 today.  

It was 100 when I got into my car after the chiropractor.   It was 90 when I got in the car this evening to drive to the rookery and check it out.   It was 82 at the rookery.  The humidity was unbearable, sweat just falls down your face and even felt like the mosquitoes weren't braving it tonight. When I got there I immediately realized that the water level was way too low and I was looking at way too much mud.  The far edges of the pond were bare mud and fallen trees and patches of mud could be seen throughout the pond.   Trunks of trees that have been underwater for sometime were visible.  One neighbor thought  that it was down 2 feet.  The only conclusion we could come up with was that someone/thing had taken down an old beaver dam in the back 40.   It was a little scary.  There were song birds around, but not others.  

I so hate this weather, but this is the first day in almost 3 weeks that I can walk halfway normal, no fever, and the swelling in my face has gone way down.  The chiropractor said I had a jump in my step today.   The biggest difference is that I have not taken any Tylenol and I am not hurting.  

Now of course this is where I screw up usually and overdo it, but tomorrow its suppose to rise above 100, so I don't think overdoing anything is in my personal forecast.   

Kevin asked me to take those panorama shots tonight so I changed my settings to high resolution and in doing made it impossible for me to download my own photos to the computer.  What a drag?  I know I've figured out how to change them, but I'm not remembering at the moment.  But with my tremor, panorama is kind of amusing.  Most of them come out looking like underwaters or maybe the camera  dropped acid.   

Back on the horse.  Talk to you tomorrow.  Stay cool.