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="39ff">California tree poppy and false goat’s beard (astilbe) keeping cool even in the hot, hot sun.</p><figure id="eef9"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*xSLeFm1halTeeINGB6xxJA.png"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="undefined">Susan Alison</a></figcaption></figure><p id="c857">Hot, hot dog!</p><figure id="358f"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*N1XwwFUcxrFVqNyA-BkAQQ.jpeg"><figcaption>Painting by <a href="undefined">Susan Alison</a></figcaption></figure><p id="1f00">It’s so hot we’ve had to alter our routine and move PupperJack’s main walk to the early morning before the air gets too hot; and before the pavements get too hot for paws.</p><figure id="e38d"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*3nX6B7Lm9XVf0rfN.jpeg"><figcaption>Painting by <a href="undefined">Susan Alison</a></figcaption></figure><p id="138b">The painting above has been on my drawing board for a couple of weeks already. It is coming along in miniscule increments.</p><figure id="ff6b"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*KnpfKs0AQQZ-coLoJun8Rg.png"><figcaption>Painting by <a href="undefined">Susan Alison</a></figcaption></figure><p id="9622">Miniscule!</p><p id="e195">It’s awfully hot, though. Did I mention that?</p><p id="2c7b"><a href="undefined">Dennett</a> started the Photo-a-Day Challenge to help combat the pandemic blues.</p><p id="ae24">Since then many others kindly share their week with us:</p><p id="093c"><a href="undefined">Erika Burkhalter</a>, <a href="undefined">Anne Bonfert</a>, <a href="undefined">Tracy Aston</a>, <a href="undefined">Lisa Bolin</a>, <a href="undefined">Juan O. Aguilera</a>, <a href="undefined">David Wade Chambers</a>, <a href="undefined">June Nguyen</a>, <a href="undefined">Mia Verita</a>, <a href="undefined">LensAfield</a>, <a href="undefined">Barbara Radisavljevic</a>, <a href="undefined">Diana Lotti</a>, <a href="undefined">Barb Dalton</a>, <a href="undefined">Kim Zuch</a>, <a href="undefined">K. Barrett</a>, <a href="undefined">Penny Grubb</a>, <a href="undefined">Ellie Jacobson</a>, <a href="undefined">Shruthi Sundaram</a>, <a href="undefined">Jillian Amatt — Artistic Voyages</a>, <a href="undefined">Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles</a></p><p id="b33e">(If your name should, or should not, be on this list, please let me know.)</p><div id="32ce" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/joyously-jolly-june-e3e6e44e264a"> <div> <div> <h2>Joyously Jolly June</h2> <div><h3>Crushed creativity — only temporary though — oh, yes!</h3></div>

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Journey Through July

Hot, hot, hot — it’s so hot!

Lovely, fluffy hot-red bottlebrush!

Next door has this enormous hydrangea bush. Every year it threatens to take over a bit more of the street.

Next door also has a rebel tortoise. Here she is (above right) making a break for it. She does that pretty regularly. She’s the only tortoise in the street so she wouldn’t get very far without someone knowing where she should be.

She sat in the bottom of her owner’s pond for several hours the other day and was perfectly happy. We have no idea how she could do that with no ill effect. I don’t blame her, though. It’s hot! Did I mention it’s hot?

I keep looking up about whether tortoises can stay underwater for very long and the answer is always ‘no’. Maybe she was tired of all the current politics and just hid down there breathing through a very long straw.

Hot pink roses, quite cool hypericum and royal lilies hot on the outside, cool on the inside.

Hot dog!

California tree poppy and false goat’s beard (astilbe) keeping cool even in the hot, hot sun.

Hot, hot dog!

It’s so hot we’ve had to alter our routine and move PupperJack’s main walk to the early morning before the air gets too hot; and before the pavements get too hot for paws.