The year is officially half over now

 We went to Valle Luna after church on June 2 and Larry liked it so well when Father's Day came he requested we go there again.

  Back from our Father's Day meal at Valle Luna

Todd visited us twice this month once on the 7th and then again June 18th for Father's Day. Both times we had really good visits.

Larry “repurposed” the old A/C and turned it into a fan to help bring the cool air from the bedroom into

the living area.  It is where the old front A/C was mounted on the roof and brings the hot air to the back.  This past month has been a trial and error month trying to get just the right

combination to get the right amount of cool air into the living area without freezing us in the bedroom.

I think we have finally found the right combination with a fan hanging on the bathroom door allowing

me to walk down the hall with no problems but Larry has to remember to walk to one side so he doesn't bump his head.

                   Fan on the bathroom door

      Repurposed old A/C unit now just a fan

Larry bought a trail camera and we found our garden thief was a rat (or two). We put out a steel trap with peanut butter and after three evenings caught a rat. Vince has had several rats drown in the pool.

Everything was OK for awhile but now again, something is eating on my garden so we will put the trap out again in hopes of catching the latest rat. Meanwhile we have enjoyed zucchini bread and zucchini meat loaf as the rats don't like the zucchini for some reason.

I've rediscovered our solar cooker (at Larry's urging) and we've enjoyed several meals cooked in it including salmon, hot dogs, potatoes, beets (from the garden) and carrots.