We took our lawn mower deck into the local John Deere dealer to have new blades put on.

And saw some really, really big machinery.

This bumper sticker made me giggle. I really love rural America.

First tomatoes!

After the mower was fixed, Donna attempted to give herself heatstroke by mowing all afternoon in super crazy hot weather....after pulling weeds all morning in crazy hot weather.

She mostly didn't succeed.

She did take a break for some Thai iced coffee and spicy peanut stirfry noodles.

Abby thinks this "being outside in the heat" nonsense is ridiculous, and watches us from the cool air-conditioned spaces.

We spent a pleasant evening at the Panora Art In The Park event, and had an excellent young helper.