Another blistering hot day. We went to St. Johnsbury early to do a little shopping and to get haircuts. Turned out, after making several other stops, we didn't make it home until around noon. We were glad for the air conditioned car. We had picked up a watermelon for Bill Rossi (it is his birthday tomorrow, July 9th!) and while there, Fred got a picture of the robin's nest. And tonight Bill and Diane sent another picture which seems to show three, and perhaps four beaks expecting food. Mother robin didn't budge when we were taking her picture, but she looked really hot. Even though her nest in in the shade under the overhang of the garage, it was probably hotter than it would be in a tree somewhere.

It seems to be cooling down a bit tonight, and we're told there may be some showers and thunderstorms tonight with more coming tomorrow with lots of rain possible.
Not a really good outlook for the weekend.

I talked this afternoon with Carolyn Champagne who has a cottage off of Rt. 2. She has had a kayak and a canoe stolen sometime over the winter, and was wondering if other folks had lost anything. Unfortunately, there have been several instances of missing items this winter and spring. We learned at the meeting on Saturday that there have been a series of break ins at Lyford Pond, just down the road, too. All people can do for the present is report when something is missing or if your cottage has been broken into. I know it seems as if nothing happens after that, but several years ago when we had a lot of this stuff going on, the culprits were eventually caught and some folks actually got some of their property back. We can hope they get caught, at least.

I had a note from Sharon Reihmer, daughter of the late Don and Betty Reihmer, with notice of a Memorial Open House at the Reihmer cottage at 108 Narrows Drive on July 25th, from 3 to 5 p.m. Here is the invitation, and a map so any of you who may not be familiar with the roads around Joe's Pond will be able to locate the cottage.

Betty Reihmer passed away in June of this year and her husband Don died in 2004.

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Everett Decker (W. Shore Rd.) sent these pictures of one of the loons and a chick. He didn't say where the picture was taken, but because the chick looks pretty young, I'm guessing it is the latest hatchling and from the middle pond. Really nice photos. Thanks, Ted.