Refreshed

The raccoons got most of the early variety of sweet corn that pollinated, the second variety didn't pollinate at all, and the best variety was ripe while we were on vacation this past week.  Not a very good year for our patch or for our freezer.
I had three live traps out and caught 2 cats and 2 coons.  None of them were too happy with me.  Gus found both coons after they were dispatched and they became his toys for days until I could make them disappear for good.

We had a very relaxing and refreshing vacation with the extended family at Shawnee Bay Resort at Kentucky Lake again this year.  I slept a lot, ate a lot, swam a little, fished a little (no luck!), babysat my granddaughter a little, followed the weather and markets at home (no rain, higher markets!), and read a book.  Despite the heat, it was an enjoyable week.  Not all of the nephews and nieces were able to make it this year, so it wasn't as big a group as it could have been.  In fact, Son #1 didn't make it either.  He thought he should save his vacation days for his honeymoon!

Sunset over Kentucky Lake.

I read the book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre, published in 1923.  It is an investment classic, a biography of a stock and commodity speculator in the early 1900's.  Many of the trading axioms, strategies, and market philosophies still apply today.  I was ridiculed for my choice of vacation reading material by many.  But I enjoyed the history and the relevant information.

The earth still needs its moisture replenished in our area.

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
Acts 3:19