We are into high summer here in New England. We have now ben through our first heat wave of the season. It has blessedly broken and tomorrow is supposed to be back down in the sixties.

The French roses have now gone by and the Queen Anne’s Lace has gone into bloom along with the day lilies.

The garden lawns are overgrown between the rain the heat and the busyness of the summer schedule. I am having a hard time staying ahead of the work. I desperately need to weed.

It has also affected my writing schedule. I have not been able to keep up with it the way I wanted to.

To catch us up I will give you a quick photo journal of what has passed in the last few weeks.

Strawberry Festival at Immaculate Heart of Mary was on Father’s Day weekend.

My daughter. Melanie treated me to barbecue and strawberry shortcake at the festival.

My other daughter Amanda took the rest of he family out on Father’s Day to Mexican.

Father’s Day weekend, was also the lawn sale at the UU church in town. I served at the library table. I got to talk to some folks about fantasy novels and I prayed for an old friend’s healing.

Last weekend was the Food Truck Festival. Our church helped with two booths. The volunteer recruitment booth for the town and

The Bridge Artistic Network booth.

In the meantime. My son Joe and his family have left for the Philippines to visit his wife’s family and our church held its JESUS 250 PRAYER MEETING on July 4th at 9 A.M.

It has been a wonderful start to summer. Midsummer here we come!