It looks like winter snuck back in - rain for the next couple of days, and the snow level is down to 2,500 feet! How did that happen? We've already turned the heater off, and switched to the swamp cooler! Hopefully the fire I just built doesn't cause the swamp cooler to kick on.

The next couple of weeks are looking to be busy - a good busy. AJ graduates in two weeks (?!?!?!?) so we are in the push for graduation. Tuesday morning is the Senior Breakfast and Awards Ceremony - he isn't getting any awards, but I plan on going anyway. (You have to actually apply for things to get them - what a thought!) He went to Santa Cruz last Friday for his Senior Trip. He had fun, but the 'arrangements' weren't what they were reported to be (e.i. lots of free food, all night long, and they ran out at 6:45 p.m. One bus load of kids from Redding that had their last track meet didn't even get there until 7:00, so they were out of luck!) He came home with a tattoo (airbrushed, thank goodness) on his chest over his heart that was the Chinese symbol for 'expensive'. He said Conner got the symbol for 'special' on his wrist printed backwards. I think they had just a bit of fun!

Wednesday night is the next meeting of the book club, and I need to re-read the book between now and then. I read it (The Art of Racing in the Rain) a couple of months ago - good book! - and need to refresh my memory before the discussion. I doubt we have really in-depth discussions of the book, but it fun to get together. The next meeting will be at my place in July.

Next weekend is a wedding of one of Ralph's oldest friend's daughter. Weddings are always a good place to see all the people you don't see the rest of the time! I'm looking forward to it. That puts us into the week of graduation! AJ's friend Conner is having his Eagle Court of Honor Thursday, the day before graduation, and then Cindy and her daughter are coming down for AJ's graduation. Busy! But fun!

I've been walking the dogs after dinner for the last couple of weeks, and have really been enjoying the sunsets. I'm probably not getting the full benefits of the walks because I keep stopping to take pictures.

This is one of the fields that has actually been planted along our walk.

Here is a picture of the big mud puddle the dogs have been swimming in - before the last rains. It was drying up pretty well, but....it is back to a mud puddle now.