Out with the rosemary, for example.

Normally it spends May and part of June under the old apple tree, where, in partial shade, it can harden up to outdoor conditions after its cushy 6 months of indoor living. The problem this year is that, as of yet, there's not much shade under the tree. Not sure what to do.

Also, weed-and-feed, oil changes, old medicine removal, clothes sorting, tool gathering, and the start of an intimidating pile of stuff in garage and breezeway that somehow will have to be packed for the trip north.

Poor imitation of a thunderstorm last night—two claps of thunders and a few spatters of rain—but enough to spook Pax sending him (and to keep him company, good sport Mimi) to bed in the lower level. Hot and dry again, though the first signs of real rain right about now.