Half and Half

As usual, the weekend did not last long enough. We had a gorgeous day on Saturday, with blue skies and slightly lower humidity. Ruthie was happy that the recent storms that had gone through the area left behind some great sticks for her to discover on our walks.

She was miffed that I made her leave this one behind.

I had a lovely afternoon of reading and knitting while she dozed, and we had a slightly later-than-usual dinner after Molly got back from her driving lesson (the instructor was impressed with her, so I guess we've been doing something right!).

Yesterday was cloudy for much of the day and we had some light rain in the morning and storms in the evening. Not as nice of a day, but the rain is welcome, not least because it's bringing much more comfortable weather to start off the week. And I didn't mind so much being inside because it helped me finish a book and make a lot of progress on my hat in the afternoon:

Thank you, gloom, for this bad photo.

This is going to be a short week for me: We already had Friday off for Juneteenth, so I decided to take one of my remaining personal days on Thursday and give myself a three-day week followed by a four-day weekend. I'm not going to do much that's different from my usual schedule other than not be on my computer all day, but sometimes even that is enough. I'm hoping that because I won't have to worry about my work inbox, Molly will spend some more time with me -- I am increasingly aware of just how little time we have left before she goes off to college, so I want to take advantage of all the days she's not in school!